anthill

noun

ant·​hill ˈant-ˌhil How to pronounce anthill (audio)
: a mound of debris thrown up by ants or termites in digging their nest

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Fire anthills, sometimes also called ant beds, start out small but eventually can reach a dimeter of 18 to 24 inches and a height of 18 inches. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 29 June 2025 Researchers move about like so many ants on an anthill. Michael Ray Taylor, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025 His air force dropped these bombs wantonly, as a boy drops a firecracker down the silo of an anthill. Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024 Over much of the preceding 2,055 days, the site had been a hive of industry, with teams cleaning marble mosaics, retouching frescoes and clambering over the anthill of scaffolding that filled the center of the landmark. Joseph Ataman, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for anthill

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First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anthill was before the 12th century

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“Anthill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anthill. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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anthill

noun
ant·​hill ˈant-ˌhil How to pronounce anthill (audio)
: a mound made by ants in digging their nest

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