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View synonyms for hillock

hillock

[ hil-uhk ]

noun

  1. a small hill.


hillock

/ ˈhɪlək /

noun

  1. a small hill or mound


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Derived Forms

  • ˈhillocked, adjective

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Other Words From

  • hillocked hillock·y adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hillock1

First recorded in 1350–1400, hillock is from the Middle English word hilloc. See hill, -ock

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hillock1

C14 hilloc, from hill + -ock

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Example Sentences

A sheet of rain came drifting across the lake toward the hillock on which the house stood.

Three miles to the south of the hillock on Cape Villaret, are two lumps, which at a distance appeared like rocks.

They saw the Spaniard climb a hillock; just at the curve he gave one sweep of the hand—was gone.

It is a town of above three hundred houses, built round the base of a sandy hillock, the church being on the hill.

"There lies a ravine with a sweet spring, beyond the next hillock," said Musa, who never forgot a road once travelled.

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