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anthill
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Anthill
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ant·hill
/
ˈæntˌhɪl
/
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[
ant
-hil
]
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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:
1250–1300;
Middle English
amete hulle, ampte hille;
see
ant
,
hill
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anthill
noun
a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Example sentences
Delighted, he toils to take it to the
anthill
so that the community can enjoy
it, too.
Thousands and thousands of them ran back and forth between a tall
anthill
on
one side and whatever they were doing on the other.
Again, try to trace the path of one ant, and time it to see how long it takes
for it to go from the
anthill
to the food source.
The
anthill
is an ever-changing architectural structure.
Red couches are set up in intimate arrangements on platforms overlooking the busy
anthill
below: a good meeting point.
Sometimes when the chief clerk was away or asleep he walked to the window and looked down on the vast
anthill
activity.
Watch ants in an
anthill
or around some spilled food.
In several large crowd scenes, it slowly draws back to coolly contemplate the human
anthill
below.
The anteater uses its sharp claws to tear an opening into an
anthill
and put its long snout and efficient tongue to work.
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