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anthill

[ ant-hil ]

/ ˈæntˌhɪl /

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noun

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

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Origin of anthill

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

Words nearby anthill

antheridiophore, antheridium, antherozoid, anthesis, anthesteria, anthill, antho-, anthocarpous, anthocyanin, anthodium, anthol.

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Example sentences from the Web for anthill

True or false, the story results in every anthill being carefully searched.
I Married a Ranger|Dama Margaret Smith
I threw myself flat on my face, seeking the anthill as cover, prepared to sell my life dearly should they prove to be Englishmen.
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War|Ben Viljoen.
Don Pedro had issued such a command as this, with as much indifference as he would have placed his foot upon an anthill.
Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi|John S. C. Abbott
Farther away the partridges stole quietly to an anthill at the edge of some barley.
Hodge and His Masters|Richard Jefferies

This place is just like an enormous anthill—you know an anthill is nothing but a nursery.
Herland|Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman

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