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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Hammock \Ham"mock\ (h[a^]m"m[o^]k), n. [A word of Indian origin:
     cf. Sp. hamaca. Columbus, in the Narrative of his first
     voyage, says: ``A great many Indians in canoes came to the
     ship to-day for the purpose of bartering their cotton, and
     hamacas, or nets, in which they sleep.'']
     1. A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas
        about six feet long and three feet wide, suspended by
        clews or cords at the ends.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with
        bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land.
        [Southern U. S.] --Bartlett.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Hammock nettings (Naut.), formerly, nets for stowing
        hammocks; now, more often, wooden boxes or a trough on the
        rail, used for that purpose.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Hammock \Ham"mock\, n. [A word of Indian origin: cf. Sp. hamaca.
     Columbus, in the Narrative of his first voyage, says: ``A
     great many Indians in canoes came to the ship to-day for the
     purpose of bartering their cotton, and hamacas, or nets, in
     which they sleep.'']
     1. A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas
        about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the
        ends.
  
     2. A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with
        bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land.
        [Southern U. S.] --Bartlett.
  
     Hammock nettings (Naut.), formerly, nets for stowing
        hammocks; now, more often, wooden boxes or a trough on the
        rail, used for that purpose.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  hammock
       n 1: a small natural hill [syn: knoll, mound, hillock, hummock]
       2: a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended
          between two trees); swing easily [syn: sack]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  hammock
     Swedish n.
     c A (l en hammock); a canopy swing; a freestanding garden furniture
  with a suspended couch.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Hammock
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  hammock
     n.
     1 A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about
  six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
     2 (lb en US archaic outside dialects) A piece of land thickly wooded,
  and usually covered with bushes and vines.
     vb.
     1 (lbl en intransitive) To lie in a hammock.
     2 (lbl en transitive of a cloth) To hang in a way that resembles a
  hammock.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Hammock
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  hammock
     Swedish n.
     c A (l en hammock); a canopy swing; a freestanding garden furniture
  with a suspended couch.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Hammock
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  hammock
     Swedish n.
     c A (l en hammock); a canopy swing; a freestanding garden furniture
  with a suspended couch.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Hammock
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  hammock
     Ruotsi n.
     puutarhakeinu

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  hammock
     n.
     slags gunga utformad som en bänk

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  hammock
     n.
     slags gunga utformad som en bänk

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Hammock /hˈamək/
  الأرجوحة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  hammock //ˈhæmək// //ˈhæmɪk// 
  хама́к, хамак
  swinging couch or bed

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  hammock /hˈamək/
  visuté lůžko

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  hammock /hˈamək/
  Hängematte 
   see: hammocks, water hammock
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  hammock /hˈamək/
  
  αιώρα

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  hammock //ˈhæmək// //ˈhæmɪk// 
  1. pusikko
  piece of land
  2. riippumatto
  swinging couch or bed

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  hammock /hˈamək/ 
  1. जालीदार झूला
        "औरत बच्चे को"hammock"में सुलाती है    "

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  hammock /hˈamək/
  mreža za ležanje

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  hammock /hˈamək/
  függôágy

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  hammock //ˈhæmək// //ˈhæmɪk// 
  ハンモック
  swinging couch or bed

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  hammock /hæmək/
  hangmat

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  hammock //ˈhæmək// //ˈhæmɪk// 
  hengekøye
  swinging couch or bed

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  hammock /ˈhæmək/ 
    hamak

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  hammock //ˈhæmək// //ˈhæmɪk// 
  hängmatta
  swinging couch or bed

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  hammock /hˈamək/
  1. hamak, (den.) branda yatak.

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  hammock
  hammock

From Svenska-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-deu ]

  hammock /hˈamɔk/ 
  Hollywoodschaukel
  gunga

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈhæmək/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 吊床;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 吊床,小丘

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