hill
noun
[ hɪl ]
• a naturally raised area of land, not as high or craggy as a mountain.
Similar:
high ground,
rising ground,
prominence,
eminence,
elevation,
rise,
hillock,
mound,
mount,
knoll,
hummock,
tor,
tump,
fell,
pike,
mesa,
bank,
ridge,
hogback,
saddleback,
whaleback,
heights,
downs,
downland,
foothills,
drumlin,
inselberg,
monadnock,
wold,
brae,
law,
drum,
butte,
koppie,
berg,
jebel,
holt,
• a flock of ruffs.
• "a hill of ruffs looked at from a distance on a sunny day was a very pleasing spectacle"
hill
verb
• form (something) into a heap.
Origin:
Old English hyll, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin collis and Greek kolōnos ‘hill’.
