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camelback

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A hump on a camel's back that holds fat and helps it survive

noun
/ˈkæməlˌbæk/

: joroba

Your post today reminds me of what I did exactly a year ago: hiking Camelback Mountain in Phoenix in August.

And we all know it's the straws before that that broke the camelback, right?

Examples

Located in one of the most popular neighborhoods in Phoenix and near the famed Camelback Mountains, Hoffman and Sells figured that the property alone was worth almost as much as their purchase price.

Blog text (13)
Richardson covered much of the distance on camelback in an Arab merchant caravan.

Academic text (2002)
So I just got like a little camelback on, you know, and you're right, there was the this other guy, like this is actually the day before the snake bite.
He walks to the window and looks past the city lights to the dark, prehistoric hulk of Camelback Mountain.

Fiction book (2001)
Edna nods toward the Praying Monk, a huge sandstone formation on Camelback Mountain.

Fiction book (2001)
The caravan moved slowly across the desert, with each passenger perched comfortably on camelback.
She enjoyed exploring the ancient ruins while riding on camelback through the arid landscape.
Traveling on camelback allowed us to experience the beauty of the desert up close.

Surface Forms

camelback singular

camelbacks plural

Morphology

camelback = camel + back (transparent) = camel + back

Literal reference to the physical back/hump of a camel, so the composition is directly meaningful.

Etymology

Camelback literally names the camel's back, the 'hump' that stores fat and helps the animal survive long trips in dry places. So the word camelback simply means the hump or back of a camel.