how to pronounce humpback

/ˈhʌmpˌbæk/

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An example use of humpback in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… ladies and gentlemen humpback man I'm …”

meanings of humpback

noun:

A person with a humpback; a person who suffers from kyphosis.
A hump or protuberance on the shoulders or back of an animal.
A humpback whale.
A rounded topographical feature, such as a mountain or hill.
A humpback salmon.
A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).

verb:

To hunt humpback whales.

humpback frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word humpback occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics humpback can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that humpback can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;