A hammock is a piece of strong cloth or netting which is hung between two supports and used as a bed. a large piece of cloth that is hung between two trees or posts so that you can sleep in it (hamaca, from )
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
A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also attributively; as, hammock land
a more or less elevated piece of land, often rising out of a swamp or wetland; usually contains rich, organic soil and either palm or hardwood vegetation
An aggregate or summary activity (a group of related activities is shown as one and reported at a summary level) A hammock may or may not have an internal sequence See also subproject and subnet
A densely wooded area that is slightly elevated above the adjacent areas and has characteristic natural vegetation of cabbage-palm, oak, and pine and an understory of saw palmetto, shrubs, and grasses
Localized, thick stands of trees that can grow on natural rises of only a few inches in the land
a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swing easily
In Florida, an area often higher than its wetter surroundings, characterized by hardwood forests of broad-leafed evergreens such as oaks, sweetgums, hickories, palms, and hollies
[ 'ha-m&k ] (noun.) 1555. From Spanish hamaca, from Taino. 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.”