Hillock

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small hill.

    "As he rounded a hillock, he perceived that the roadway was now a crying mass of wagons, teams, and men."

  2. 2
    a small natural hill wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Middle English.

Synonyms

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knollanthillbarrowbraebuttecolline

Example

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"And Laban called it 'The witness heap'; and Jacob, 'The hillock of testimony': each of them according to the propriety of his language."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English hillok, equivalent to hill + -ock.

Etymology 2

From Middle English hillok (“hillock”), a topographic surname for someone who lived near or on a hillock.

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