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View synonyms for hillock
hillock
[ hil-uhk ]
noun
- a small hill.
hillock
/ ˈhɪlək /
noun
- a small hill or mound
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Derived Forms
- ˈhillocked, adjective
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Other Words From
- hillocked hillock·y adjective
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Word History and Origins
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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.
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Three miles to the south of the hillock on Cape Villaret, are two lumps, which at a distance appeared like rocks.
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They saw the Spaniard climb a hillock; just at the curve he gave one sweep of the hand—was gone.
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It is a town of above three hundred houses, built round the base of a sandy hillock, the church being on the hill.
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"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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