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Hammock

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sacknounA bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.
moundnounAn artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
hummocknounA small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
hillocknounA small hill.
knollnounA small mound or rounded hill.

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sacknounA bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.
moundnounAn artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
hummocknounA small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
hillocknounA small hill.
knollnounA small mound or rounded hill.
hammock nettingnoun(nautical) A net, or later (by extension) a box or trough, for stowing hammocks.
weather clothnoun(nautical) A long piece of canvas or tarpaulin used to protect the hammocks from weather damage when stowed in the nettings.
gauntletnoun(figuratively) Any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal, often one performed for atonement or punishment.
hangverb(intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
bedhangingnounA curtain or valance for a bed.
balancellenounA garden seat in the form of a swing.
gallowsnounA wooden framework on which persons are executed by hanging.
bedcordnounA cord or rope interwoven into a bedstead as support for a rope bed.
slingnounA kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.
waistclothnounA cloth or garment worn around the waist.
canopynounThe zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
hoopnounA circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
leanbacknounA seat back formed by a frame made of flexible twigs and covered by a hide or blanket.
topclothnounA cloth used to cover the top of anything, such as a table or a person's torso.
bassocknoun(archaic) A hassock.

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