anthill

American  

[ant-hil] / ˈæntˌhɪl /

noun

1. a mound of earth, leaves, etc., formed by a colony of ants in digging or constructing their underground nest.

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Etymology

Origin of anthill

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

Example Sentences

The rendition is hypnotic but also distancing, making these utopian dreamworlds seem even more artificial than they already were, now ungrounded in space and time, crowds moving en masse through cosmic anthills.

From The Wall Street Journal

But Oloya could not resist walking by an anthill without scooping some of the fresh, soft clay from it and creating a ball for a slingshot or something else from it.

From BBC

The position is so vast and covered in trenches, bunkers and tunnels that some parts have been compared to an anthill.

From New York Times

Begay Sr. uses a walking stick to wind past pockets of yellow flowers, heavily trafficked anthills and the occasional prickly pear.

From Seattle Times

And then fire threatens his family and all those issues become anthills in comparison to surviving this night.

From Salon