The Clue
Hogback (5 letter answer)
The Answer
RIDGE
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Notes
The answer RIDGE is common and appears about once every 275 puzzles.
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Definition
RIDGE as a noun:
1. a long narrow natural elevation or striation
2. any long raised strip
3. a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
4. (ridge, ridgeline) = a long narrow range of hills
5. any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
6. (ridge, ridgepole, rooftree) = a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
RIDGE as a verb:
1. extend in ridges; "The land ridges towards the South"
2. plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip
3. throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides; "He ridged his corn"
4. spade into alternate ridges and troughs; "ridge the soil"
5. form into a ridge