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hiller

hiller

8.1
A machine or person that shapes soil into small hills for planting crops
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : hilerador
  • Using a hiller is essential for preparing the fields before planting potatoes.

Examples

  • The, uh -- the hillers.

    Moonlight Mile (2002)

  • The farmer used a hiller to create rows of soil for planting corn.

  • I watched as the hiller shaped the ground into perfect mounds for the vegetable garden.

Synonyms

lister cultivator
vshiller
  • Archaic
9.9

A farm tool with blades that push soil into ridges around crop rows

forms soil into ridges for planting rather than just throwing soil

Surface Forms

hiller singular
hillers plural

Morphology

hiller = hill (transparent) = hill + er

Regular agentive formation from the verb 'hill' (+ -er) yields 'one that hills' or a machine that performs hilling.

Etymology

The word hiller comes from the simple word hill, which means 'a raised piece of ground', and the agent ending -er, which means 'one who does'. So a hiller is literally 'one who makes hills', a person or tool that forms soil into ridges or small mounds for planting.