anthill

[ ant-hil ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of anthill¹

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

Example Sentences

In some species, like the Northern Flicker woodpecker, a sticky mucus coats around the tongue to help collect grub, like ants down in an anthill.

From Popular-Science

He also wrote a novel, Anthill, drawn from his groundbreaking research of ant behavior.

From Nautilus

Still later: a trash dump that rose up between the Mexican trees like a giant anthill.

From The Daily Beast

Our own period is of no more importance in the general history of the universe than one anthill in the infinite.

From Project Gutenberg

They swarm like ants in an anthill; a single chamber often contains many hundreds.

From Project Gutenberg

The Ajawa headman left the path on seeing us, and stood on an anthill to obtain a complete view of our party.

From Project Gutenberg

The whole slum-district turned out, dressed or half-dressed, like a fevered anthill.

From Project Gutenberg

A fork was better after all than one's fingers, and sitting on a chair in the study than on an anthill in the veld.

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