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hillock

hillock

3 5.2
A small low hill with gentle sides
  • noun
  • /ˈhɪlək/
translation icon : colina
  • From the hillock, we could see the entire landscape spread out before us.
  • a little hillock

Also I went right over the top, this little hillock of a roundabout and I've exited the wrong lane of the dual Causeway.

Examples

  • The children climbed the small hillock to get a better view of the sunset.

  • He stopped to catch his breath as he reached the top of the grassy hillock.

  • Instead, it stood like a small hillock, as if it would never move anywhere again.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • When they reached a hillock covered with thorns at a short distance from the building, they stopped.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • For as far as the eye could travel, the land was unbroken by even a hillock.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Tuvia got out after him and followed him up the side of the hillock.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Standing on a hillock, framed against the grey battlefield skies, is Elliott.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • We found a tiny sheltered inlet where a hillock blocked the wind, which was dying anyway.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The boxy Cape Cod sits on a hillock of green.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The sun retreated behind a grassy hillock, and semi-darkness returned to the sanctuary.

    Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

hill
vshillock
∞ 1.0

A raised area of land that is not as high as a mountain

is a much smaller slight elevation compared with that broader raised area
mound
vshillock
40 1.7

A small raised area of earth or stones

is the slight natural elevation not including manmade heaps
knoll
vshillock
20 7.2

A small round hill covered with grass

is a slight elevation of the ground rather than focusing on roundness
hummock
vshillock
1 8.7

A small rounded mound that rises above low ground

is a slight elevation generally not limited to low area rises
popple
vshillock
  • Archaic
9.9

A small rounded hill

is a simple slight elevation in general English rather than regional use
roundtop
vshillock
  • US
4.5

A small hill with a rounded top

is a slight elevation rather than a larger rounded summit

How High

mountain
∞ 1.0
hill
∞ 1.0
hillock
3 5.2
knoll
20 7.2

Surface Forms

hillock singular
hillocks plural

Morphology

hillock = hill (transparent) = hill + ock

Formed from 'hill' plus a diminutive suffix '-ock', so the meaning 'small hill' is directly derivable from the base.

Etymology

Hillock is hill plus an old small ending -ock. So it means 'little hill', which is why it refers to a small natural rise in the ground.