hillock

[ hil-uhk ]

/ ˈhɪl ək /

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noun

a small hill.

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Origin of hillock

First recorded in 1350–1400, hillock is from the Middle English word hilloc.See hill, -ock

OTHER WORDS FROM hillock

hillocked, hill·ock·y, adjective

Words nearby hillock

Hillingdon, Hillis, Hillman, hill myna, hill mynah, hillock, hill of beans, hills, Hillsboro, Hillsborough, Hillsdale

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How to use hillock in a sentence

They flattened the hillock and hog wallow with the Fresno Scraper and turned 6 million acres into tabletop.
How we drained California dry|Mark Arax|December 16, 2021|MIT Technology Review
A sheet of rain came drifting across the lake toward the hillock on which the house stood.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
Three miles to the south of the hillock on Cape Villaret, are two lumps, which at a distance appeared like rocks.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
They saw the Spaniard climb a hillock; just at the curve he gave one sweep of the hand—was gone.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis

It is a town of above three hundred houses, built round the base of a sandy hillock, the church being on the hill.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney
"There lies a ravine with a sweet spring, beyond the next hillock," said Musa, who never forgot a road once travelled.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis

British Dictionary definitions for hillock

hillock

/ (ˈhɪlək) /

noun

a small hill or mound

Derived forms of hillock

hillocked or hillocky, adjective

Word Origin for hillock

C14 hilloc, from hill + -ock

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hillock

Origin of hillock

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