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Definition of "hogback" [hog•back]

  • A sharp ridge with steeply sloping sides, produced by erosion of the broken edges of highly tilted strata. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "hogback" in a sentence
  • "The valley lies between a high wall of red sandstone and the "hogback," -- that is what the foothills are called."
  • "A "hogback," be it understood, is a rugged rocky mound, carved by weather erosion."
  • "The way led at first up the narrow spine of a "hogback," but soon widened into one of the ample and spacious parks peculiar to the elevations near the summits of the First Rampart."