Hogback

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A sharp ridge with steeply sloping sides, produced by erosion of the broken edges of highly tilted strata.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A sharp steep-sided ridge formed by the erosion of tilting strata
  • n. A hogframe
  • n. A Viking grave marker
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; -- the opposite of camber.
  • n. See Hogframe.
  • n. A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A back like that of a hog; a back which rises in the middle.
  • n. A fish in which the back is humped some-what like a hogā€² s.
  • n. A low, sharply crested ridge rising upon the adjacent region, and usually formed of sand or gravel with boulders intermixed: in New England more commonly called horseback. Compare horseback, eskar, kame.
  • n. In coal-mining, a sharp rise in the floor of a coal-seam.
  • n. A hog-frame.
  • Resembling a hog's back in form: used specifically in describing a small locomotive which is very low in build and has no cab.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a narrow ridge of hills
  • Antonym
    camber   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ridgeline    ridge   
    Variant
    hogframe   
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