anthill

[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 of anthill

1250–1300; Middle English amete hulle, ampte hille; see ant, hill

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Related Words for anthill

mountain, rise, hillock, shock, drift, dune, pile, bank, embankment, knoll, mass, stack, molehill, anthill, tumulus

Examples from the Web for anthill

Historical Examples of anthill

This large city lay in the landscape like an anthill in a meadow.
Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume I (of 2)
Harriet Martineau
He was about 400 yards off, and was running from one anthill to another.
The Strand Magazine - Vol. 1 - No. 5 - May 1891
Various
This place is just like an enormous anthill—you know an anthill is nothing but a nursery.
Herland
Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman
And he was turned into an anthill covered over with creepers.
Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1
Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
You will be pegged out on an anthill, sahib, when you have been beaten.
Told in the East
Talbot Mundy

Word Origin and History for anthill

n.

late 13c., from ant + hill.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper