A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
"After a long day of hiking, I dragged my gear up to the porch and finally settled into the hammock to catch some rest under the shade of the oak tree."
To lie in a hammock.
"After hours of hiking, she finally collapsed into her travel hammock to rest on the forest floor."
A surname.
"The local history book mentions that several early settlers bore the surname Hammock before the county was officially formed."
The word hammock comes from the Spanish hamaca, which was borrowed from the Taíno language. Originally, it referred to a net used by Indigenous people for sleeping.