hill

¹hill

noun \ˈhil\

Definition of HILL

1

: a usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain

2

: an artificial heap or mound (as of earth)

3

: several seeds or plants planted in a group rather than a row

4

: slope, incline

Examples of HILL

1. She watched the sun set behind the hills.
2. The house was built at the very top of the hill.
3. Our driveway is a long, steep hill.
4. He came barreling down the hill at 65 miles per hour.
5. The plows came and cleared the streets, forming a hill of snow on the street corner.

Origin of HILL

Middle English, from Old English hyll; akin to Latin collis hill, culmen top

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to HILL

Synonyms: cock, heap, ¹pile, mound, mountain, stack

Antonyms: lowland

Related Words: bank, bar, drift, embankment; bed, layer; mow, pyramid, rick; barrow, cairn, pyre; accumulation, aggregate, array, assemblage, collection, conglomeration, gathering, grouping, hoard, huddle, jumble, knot, pileup

Near Antonyms: dale, dell, depression, dingle, glen, hollow, vale, valley; basin, bottom, bottomland, fen, flat, floodplain, plain, tidewater

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Other Geology Terms

anthracite, boulder, cwm, erratic, igneous, intrusive, mesa, sedimentary, silt, swale

Rhymes with HILL

bill, brill, chill, dill, drill, fill, frill, gill, grill, grille, ill, kill, krill, mil, mill, mille, nil, nill, Phil, pill, prill, quill, rill, shill, shrill, sill, skill, spill, squill, still, swill, thill, thrill, til, till, trill, twill, vill, will