hill country

noun

NZ (in North Island) elevated pasture land for sheep or cattle

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You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.

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Words nearby hill country

Hilla, Hillary, hillbilly, hillbilly music, hill climb, hill country, Hillcrest Heights, Hillel, Hillel Foundation, Hiller, Hillerman

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Example sentences from the Web for hill country

And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill-country with haste, into a city of Juda.
The Miraculous Conception|Anonymous
The Sacramento runs through a great inclined plane, sloping from the hill-country to the sea.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444|Various
I can seem to hear her voice even now, she was very old, and it quavered and quivered like one of our hill-country dulcimers!
The Mark of the Beast|Sidney Watson
They were a labour unit, explained the young Armenian, and their work was to make roads and tracks across the hill-country.
Eastern Nights - and Flights|Alan Bott

Once and for all the hill-country should be rid of its scourge.
Bob, Son of Battle|Alfred Ollivant

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