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单词 hillock
释义

hillock

noun

hill·​ock ˈhi-lək How to pronounce hillock (audio)
: a small hill
hillocky
ˈhi-lə-kē How to pronounce hillock (audio)
adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Intermittent rain continued in the region where 19 bodies have been recovered so far after a hillock caved in and buried the railroad project area, Guite told The Associated Press. Wasbir Hussain, ajc, 1 July 2022 The $8 million lumpy hillock closed January 9, just six months after opening. Maureen O'hare, CNN, 15 Jan. 2022 The upstage wall sometimes retracts to expose a grassy hillock with small trees. Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2021 In the next hours, dozens of people would descend a bare hillock, pass a puddle where the Colorado River trickles and, without fanfare, pass through a gap in the rust-beam barrier that soars between the United States and Mexico. Miriam Jordan, Star Tribune, 16 May 2021 In the next hours, dozens of people would descend a bare hillock, pass a puddle where the Colorado River trickles and, without fanfare, pass through a gap in the rust-beam barrier that soars between the United States and Mexico. Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 16 May 2021 Additional enchantments to be seen, left: The Italian console holds a 17th-century model of a basilica, a crystal candelabra, and a hillock of rock crystal. Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful, 9 Apr. 2021 Stretched out on an exercise mat along a row of pink Mexican lilacs at the top of Parvati, a hillock popular with early-morning joggers, Mr. Patil has questions. New York Times, 15 Jan. 2021 The hillock also serves to beckon people from the distance, a head-scratching apparition that pulls you west. John King, SFChronicle.com, 18 Nov. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

hillock

noun

hill·​ock ˈhi-lək How to pronounce hillock (audio)
: a small hill

Medical Definition

hillock

noun

hill·​ock ˈhil-ək How to pronounce hillock (audio)
: any small anatomical prominence or elevation see axon hillock

hillock

noun

as in knoll

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • knoll
  • hummock
  • foothill
  • upland
  • eminence
  • highland
  • mountain
  • knob
  • mound
  • butte
  • ridge
  • plateau
  • tableland
  • mount
  • prominence
  • elevation
  • mesa
  • hump
  • cliff
  • alp
  • bluff
  • steep
  • peak
  • crag
  • precipice
  • height
  • rise
  • altitude(s)
  • tor
  • dome
  • sugarloaf
  • table
  • sierra
  • downs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • valley
  • glen
  • ravine
  • hollow
  • vale
  • depression
  • dale
  • gorge
  • canyon
  • dell
  • basin
  • flat
  • plain
  • floodplain
  • bottom
  • dingle
  • bottomland
  • tidewater
  • fen
  • lowland
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