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noun
dialect often in place names1A small rounded hill or mound; a tumulus.
- ‘Harvested fruit was stored in tumps in the orchard to soften a little before being taken to the mill.’
high ground, rising ground, prominence, eminence, elevation, rise, hillock, mound, mount, knoll, hummock, tor, tump, fell, pike, mesa2A clump of trees, shrubs, or grass.
Origin
Late 16th century of unknown origin.
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