Crossword-Solution: HOGBACK
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Hogback | n. | An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; -- the opposite of camber. |
| Hogback | n. | See Hogframe. |
| Hogback | n. | A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides. |
We have 7 clues for the answer “HOGBACK”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Steep-sided ridge | 1 answer |
| Crested ridge | 2 answers |
| hogsback | 4 answers |
| chine | 8 answers |
| LAND elevation | 26 answers |
| Ridge | 32 answers |
| CREST ___ | 39 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AETER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with HOGBACK (5)
The last pack, from Long Lake to Linderman, was three miles, and the trail, if trail it could be called, rose up over a thousand-foot hogback, dropped down a scramble of slippery rocks, and crossed a wide stretch of swamp.
Half way between the cabin and that fringe of forest four hundred yards away was a "hogback" in the snow, running a curving parallel with the plain.
Something went crashing off into the woods as they reached the hogback which linked them with the group of pines whither the big game-bird had pitched into cover.
Changing the subject, he said, "I wish you could see the valley from that hogback over to the west." He pointed towards the spine of the main divide, which they would cross on their next day's journey.
After that Blount had the solitudes and vastnesses to himself, and it was not until after the mesa-land had been crossed without a sign of a water-leading gulch to guide him to the Pigskin, and the bronco was patiently picking its way through the hogback of the western range, that the boyish thing he had been led to do took shape as an adventure which might have discomforting consequences.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1968–2012).