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tump

tump

9.9
A small round hill of earth in a field
  • noun
  • /tʌmp/
  • UK
translation icon : montículo
  • tump line

Examples

  • Dancing Fox secured her tump line again and followed slowly as he wove through the tangle of people to the front of the procession.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Wolf Dream!" Broken Branch chortled, waddling to the south, pack hanging down her back from a tump line that dented her ancient forehead.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Dancing Fox laced her parka tighter and secured the pack on her back, the tump line from which the pack hung biting into her forehead.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The children played on the green tump near the river, enjoying the sun and fresh air.

  • From the top of the tump, we had a beautiful view of the valley below.

  • We found a small tump in the meadow where we could sit and have a picnic.

Synonyms

tuft
vstump
16 3.5

A small bunch of hair, feathers, or grass joined together at the base

is a landform meaning a small hill, mound, or clump of earth
breck
vstump
  • UK
1 9.9

A small grassy hill where people can sit or play

is the same meaning but more widely used across dialectal speech
tussock
vstump
1 8.9

A small thick clump of grass that stands above the ground

is a landform sense referring to a small hill or mound
popple
vstump
  • Archaic
9.9

A small rounded hill

is the same idea but used more broadly across dialects or regions

How Big

mountain
∞ 1.0
hill
∞ 1.0
tump
  • UK
9.9
knoll
20 7.2
hummock
1 8.7

Surface Forms

tump singular
tumps plural

Etymology

Tump likely comes from an old word for a small 'mound'; a helpful way to remember it is to think of the Latin tumulus or the English word bump, because a tump is like a small bump of earth, which is why it means a little hill.