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tuft

noun

Definition of tuft

as in hill

a rounded natural geographic elevation a cottage set on a tuft of land

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Recent Examples of tuft Golden silk spiders have a more reddish yellow abdomen with circular patterns as well as tufts of hair on the legs. — Eva Flowe june 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026 The beetle has five small white tufts under the wing covers on each side and one more pair projecting from the tip of the abdomen, which distinguishes it from similar beetle species. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 30 May 2026 The pale hue of her towering hairdo made the perfect complement to her bold gown—a Kevin Germanier Spring 2026 Couture design, which looked as if it were covered in colorful tufts of tinsel. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 29 May 2026 There’s the distinctive blond tuft, combed over. — Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for tuft

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Instead, he’s spent August anxiously watching the orange skies from his house in the northern Nevada hills through two consecutive and adjacent wild-land fires, the Bug and Hawk Fires.

— Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
He was filled with ambition to see more of the country, write a spy thriller and literally climb more hills.

— Andrea Javor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of hill

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The Chinese state news agency Xinhua, citing the country’s water resources ministry, said a new lake formed after Wednesday’s floods high in the mountains had largely drained.

— Victoria Milko, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Some thirty thousand tourists visited annually to soak in the mountain’s mineral springs and sip from a geyser of warm fizzy water.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026