hammock
IPA: hˈæmʌk
noun
- A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
- (US, archaic outside dialects) A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.
- A surname.
verb
- (intransitive) To lie in a hammock.
- (transitive, of a cloth) To hang in a way that resembles a hammock.
- (transitive) To make something be wrapped tight, like in a hammock.
- (transitive, broadcasting) To schedule (a new or unpopular programme) between two popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch it.
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Examples of "hammock" in Sentences
- The moats around the hammocks protect the trees.
- She prays over the hammock in which the baby is to sleep.
- The park contains hardwood hammock and limestone outcrops.
- The park includes of pine flatwoods and a live oak hammock.
- The video starts with Britney and her boyfriend in a hammock.
- His death was due to falling out of his hammock at the prison.
- The ends of the rods overlap at each corner of the hammock body.
- Stepping out of the hammock is a clearly satisfied Indian maiden.
- The giant hammock is amazing but would never be allowed in the US.
- The hammock on the cabin's roofed porch was a coveted napping spot.
- Much of the park is a live oak hammock due to its proximity to the river.
- The goal is to throw the football at the hammock from away to collect points.
- Tailor made for two, this Quick Dry single layer hammock is crafted of DuraCord fabric.
- Working in a hammock is every bit as good as it sounds (at least for the first hour or two).
- The back yard hammock is so more enjoyable when the next-door neighbour isn't blasting guitar-rock.
- Immediately upon hearing this I called the hammock-bearers together, and going down to the beach, I went a considerable way along it toward
- Rated best maintenance free hammock and with a weight capacity of 450 lbs, this hammock is perfect by the pool or for a waterfront property.
- I also agree with the above comments – the hammock is not only a different and creative take on the concept but it is a great, functional design.
- I have sometimes been with the swinging hammock the native mother prepares for her sick infant – apparently so much easier than aught we have in our more civilized homes; easier for the child, because it gets the motion without the least jar; and easier for the nurse, because the hammock is strung so high as to supersede the necessity of stooping.