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View definitions for hogback

hogback

noun as in crest

noun as in ridge

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Example Sentences

Seward Mountain, seen from a distance of ten or fifteen miles, looked like a hogback ridge.

Campote is completely surrounded by mountains, the hogback dropping off into the valley below us.

The first land he encountered was a high hogback of rock which proved to be an island.

If we'd pitched the tents up on the hogback, that's all we'd a been in for.

Changing the subject, he said, "I wish you could see the valley from that hogback over to the west."

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On this page you'll find 53 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hogback, such as: height, peak, ridge, acme, apex, and arête.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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