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hillock

noun

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

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The first known use of hillock was in the 14th century

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