humpbacked
Collocations
2ADJ.
modern, rustic
HUMPBACKED + NOUN
creatures
Definitions
adj
Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.
All modern camels are humpbacked creatures, but the number of humps depends on the species.
Being a humpback bridge.
There was a little stream, or brook, never dry, flowing, now slow, now with torrential rapidity, for ever in its narrow ditch. Unsteadily a rustic bridge bestrode its dark waters, a rustic humpbacked bridge, in a state of extreme dilapidation.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality
- crookback
- crookbacked
- humped
- hunchbacked
- gibbous
- kyphotic
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
2All modern camels are humpbacked creatures, but the number of humps depends on the species.
WiktionaryThere was a little stream, or brook, never dry, flowing, now slow, now with torrential rapidity, for ever in its narrow ditch. Unsteadily a rustic bridge bestrode its dark waters, a rustic humpbacked
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