hill
Meaning
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- An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
- A sloping road.
- A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
- A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
- The pitcher’s mound.
- The raised portion of the surface of a vinyl record.
Synonyms
small mountain
rising ground
pitcher’s mound
rocky hill
hill up
elevated place
mountain-pass
mound of earth
artificial mound
bukit
colina
Loma
mound mountain
mountain ridge
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/hɪl/
Etymology
From Middle English hil, from Old English hyll (“hill”), from Proto-Germanic *hulliz (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís (“top, hill, rock”) (compare also Proto-Germanic *halluz (“stone, rock”)). Cognate with Middle Dutch hille, hulle (“hill”), Low German hull (“hill”), Old Norse hóll (“hill”), Latin collis (“hill”), Lithuanian kalnas, Albanian kallumë (“big pile, tall heap”), Russian холм (xolm, “hill”), Old English holm (“rising land, island”). More at holm.
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