hill
noun [C] /hɪl/Definition
A2 an area of land that is higher than the surrounding land: Hills are not as high as mountains. Their house is on the top of a hill. In the summer, the shepherds move their sheep up into the hills (= an area where there are hills).Hills and mountains › a slope in a road: That hill's far too steep to cycle up.Hills and mountains
(Definition of hill noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- alpine adjective
- brow noun (HILL)
- chimney noun (PASSAGE)
- hillside noun
- hummock noun
- massif noun
- mound noun (PILE)
- Mountains noun
- mountainside noun
- mountaintop noun
- palisade noun
- ridge noun
- scree noun
- shelf noun
- slag heap noun
- snow line noun
- steeply adverb
- summit noun (HIGHEST POINT)
- undulating adjective
- watershed noun (HIGH GROUND)
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