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foothill

noun

foot·​hill ˈfu̇t-ˌhil How to pronounce foothill (audio)
1
: a hill at the foot of higher hills
2
foothills plural : a hilly region at the base of a mountain range

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Lushmeadows, a subdivision of about 1,700 residents in the Sierra Nevada foothill area, was under mandatory evacuation orders. Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 23 July 2022 Acharya got the idea for a series based around a policewoman when on vacation in the Himalayan foothill state of Himachal Pradesh. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Dec. 2021 Racist residents repeatedly threatened the lives of Sidney and Irene Dearing when the couple moved to the exclusive foothill enclave in 1924. Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 June 2021 Stratton's wife is among the 149 people still unaccounted for as rescuers comb through the foothill of rubble that once composed dozens of apartments. Eliott C. Mclaughlin And Rebekah Riess, CNN, 30 June 2021 The country was poised at the foothill of a record spike in infections and deaths. USA Today, 30 Oct. 2020 More than 90,000 people have fled their homes in the dry foothill communities of eastern Orange County ahead of fires driven by fierce, warm winds and fed by thick brush. Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2020 Choglamsar is a cluster of one-story mud brick houses, with a monastery atop its foothill. Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Sep. 2020 The rendezvous was a beautiful piece of land with lush grasses, a small stream, and a forested foothill in the background. Popular Science, 15 Sep. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1788, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of foothill was in 1788

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