Meaning

2 senses

  1. A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

    Hängematte

    гама́кgamák

    гама́кhamák, підві́сне лі́жкоpidvísne lížko

    a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily

  2. (US)A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.

    Bauminsel

Examples

34 sentences

  1. Tom strung up a hammock between two trees and took a nap.

    Том повісив гамак між двома деревами та задрімав. — deniko

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  2. You could sleep in the hammock.

    Можеш спати в гамаку. — Ahha

    ruТы можешь спать в гамаке. — sharptoothed

    deDu könntest in der Hängematte schlafen. — raggione

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  3. Tom doesn't like sleeping in a hammock.

    ruТом не любит спать в гамаке. — Biga

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  4. I don't like sleeping in a hammock.

    ruЯ не люблю спать в гамаке. — Wezel

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  5. Tom was asleep in the hammock, snoring quietly.

    deTom schlief in der Hängematte und schnarchte leicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
swinging couch or bed:
Русский
By meaning 1
swinging couch or bed:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
swinging couch or bed:
piece of land:

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish hamaca, from Taíno *hamaka (compare Lokono hamaka, Wayuu jama'a), fr

Borrowed from Spanish hamaca, from Taíno *hamaka (compare Lokono hamaka, Wayuu jama'a), from Proto-Arawak *maka. 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.”

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Forms

plural: hammocks
Singularhammock
Pluralhammocks

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily:sack
  • a small natural hill:knollmoundhillockhummock

Word family

6 related words
Derivedbanana hammockhammocklesshammocklikehammock litterhammock nettinghammocky

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hamburgerA1hamlethammerB1hamperC2hamster

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