whaleback
Americannoun
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Nautical.
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a cargo vessel having a hull with a convex deck.
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a deck or cover curving upward.
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something shaped like the back of a whale, as a rounded hill or an ocean wave.
noun
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something shaped like the back of a whale
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a steamboat having a curved upper deck
Etymology
Origin of whaleback
Example Sentences
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“Let’s try it on Whaleback Hill!” she said, referring to the hill well-named because it indeed looked just like a whale’s back.
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“No, scratch that! Let’s try it on Double Whaleback Hill!”
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You may be thinking, and quite rightly, that after suggesting Whaleback Hill, followed by Double Whaleback Hill, to then suggest tobogganing down something called Baby Whaleback Hill would be somewhat less exciting, not more.
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Baby Whaleback Hill resembled not one but one hundred baby whales piled together in a giant pyramid shape.
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“I don’t know, Magic. Baby Whaleback Hill could be too much for us to handle.”
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