Hill
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /hɪl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hill is a noun meaning An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
Meaning
An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
More Meanings
- A sloping road.
- (US) A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
- (US) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
- (baseball) The pitcher’s mound.
- The raised portion of the surface of a vinyl record.
- To form into a heap or mound.
- To heap or draw earth around plants.
Example Sentences
a hill of corn or potatoes
The park is sheltered from the wind by a hill to the east.
You need to pick up speed to get up the hill that's coming up.
After the seeds were inserted, the earth was hilled up all around into a smooth little mound.
Word Forms
- hills
- hilling
- hilled
Synonyms for hill
Depending on context, synonyms include mound.
Antonyms for hill
Common opposites include dale.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mound, colline, mont, mount, heights, hillside.
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