anthill

[ ant-hil ]

/ ˈæntˌhɪl /

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noun

a mound of earth, leaves, etc., formed by a colony of ants in digging or constructing their underground nest.

Origin of anthill

1250–1300; Middle English amete hulle, ampte hille;see ant, hill

Words nearby anthill

antheridiophore, antheridium, antherozoid, anthesis, Anthesteria, anthill, antho-, anthocarpous, anthocyanin, anthodium, anthol.

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Example sentences from the Web for anthill

True or false, the story results in every anthill being carefully searched.
I Married a Ranger|Dama Margaret Smith
I threw myself flat on my face, seeking the anthill as cover, prepared to sell my life dearly should they prove to be Englishmen.
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War|Ben Viljoen.
Don Pedro had issued such a command as this, with as much indifference as he would have placed his foot upon an anthill.
Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi|John S. C. Abbott
Farther away the partridges stole quietly to an anthill at the edge of some barley.
Hodge and His Masters|Richard Jefferies

This place is just like an enormous anthill—you know an anthill is nothing but a nursery.
Herland|Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman

British Dictionary definitions for anthill

ant hill

noun

a mound of soil, leaves, etc, near the entrance of an ants' nest, carried and deposited there by the ants while constructing the nest

a mound of earth, usually about 2 metres high, built up by termites in forming a nest

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单词	anthill
释义	anthill [ ant-hil ] / ˈæntˌhɪl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR anthill ON THESAURUS.COM noun a mound of earth, leaves, etc., formed by a colony of ants in digging or constructing their underground nest. Origin of anthill 1250–1300; Middle English amete hulle, ampte hille;see ant, hill Words nearby anthill antheridiophore, antheridium, antherozoid, anthesis, Anthesteria, anthill, antho-, anthocarpous, anthocyanin, anthodium, anthol. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for anthill True or false, the story results in every anthill being carefully searched. I Married a Ranger\|Dama Margaret Smith I threw myself flat on my face, seeking the anthill as cover, prepared to sell my life dearly should they prove to be Englishmen. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War\|Ben Viljoen. Don Pedro had issued such a command as this, with as much indifference as he would have placed his foot upon an anthill. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi\|John S. C. Abbott Farther away the partridges stole quietly to an anthill at the edge of some barley. Hodge and His Masters\|Richard Jefferies This place is just like an enormous anthill—you know an anthill is nothing but a nursery. Herland\|Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman British Dictionary definitions for anthill ant hill noun a mound of soil, leaves, etc, near the entrance of an ants' nest, carried and deposited there by the ants while constructing the nest a mound of earth, usually about 2 metres high, built up by termites in forming a nest Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to anthill mountain, rise, hillock, shock, drift, dune, pile, bank, embankment, knoll, mass, stack, molehill, tumulus
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anthill

noun

Origin of anthill

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Example sentences from the Web for anthill

British Dictionary definitions for anthill

noun

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