hillock en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈhɪl.ək/ (UK)
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Etymology
From Middle English hillok, equivalent to hill + -ock.
Meanings
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A small hill.
With the setting sun sending long shadows loping ahead of them over the smooth hillocks of the downs, they came up with the lagoon; a contentful return home, with appetite brisked up by a ten-mile walk, and plenty of food to satisfy it.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 63:Just upstream of Dryburgh Abbey, a reproduction of a classical Greek temple stands at the top of a wooded hillock on the river’s north bank.
2014 September 16, Ian Jack, “Is this the end of Britishness”, in The Guardian:As he rounded a hillock, he perceived that the roadway was now a crying mass of wagons, teams, and men.
1895 October, Stephen Crane, chapter XI, in The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 107:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hillocks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
hillocked · axon hillock · hillocky
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Synonyms
Translations (94)
el λοφάκι (small hill) · gl outeiro (small hill) · pdt Humpel (small hill) · gl cemba (small hill) · fr tertre (small hill) · nn knaus (small hill) · es lomada (small hill) · hi टीला (small hill) · pl pagórek (small hill) · gl cuíña (small hill) · es colina (small hill) · mi tapuke (small hill) · fi kumpu (small hill) · hi छोटी पहाड़ी (small hill) · es loma (small hill) · fr monticule (small hill) · es alcor (small hill) · ro movilă (small hill) · it collinetta (small hill) · as টিলা (small hill) · fi mäennyppylä (small hill) · pl wzgórek (small hill) · pt colina (small hill) · sv kulle (small hill) · gl bicaño (small hill) · uk горбик (small hill) · gl maderno (small hill) · es collado (small hill) · ga altán (small hill) · gl beán (small hill) · fi nyppylä (small hill) · gv crongan (small hill) · ga tulach (small hill) · tr tepecik (small hill) · izh bygrä (small hill) · bg хълмче (small hill) · ta மேடு (small hill) · es cerrito (small hill) · es colineta (small hill) · cs kopeček (small hill) · eo teraltaĵo (small hill) · gl picouto (small hill) · hi ढूह (small hill) · it monticello (small hill) · la tumulus (small hill) · izh könkörä (small hill) · ru хо́лмик (small hill) · gl taroutelo (small hill) · nn knatt (small hill) · hi भीटा (small hill) · izh syrjy (small hill) · he גבעונת (small hill) · fa تپهچه (small hill) · ga cnocán (small hill) · cs pahrbek (small hill) · ro delușor (small hill) · ru приго́рок (small hill) · ro grui (small hill) · kk төмпешік (small hill) · ca pujol (small hill) · uk пагорбок (small hill) · eo altaĵeto (small hill) · gl curuto (small hill) · cy bryncyn (small hill) · es altozano (small hill) · nb knatt (small hill) · cs pahorek (small hill) · izh mätäs (small hill) · sq kodrinë (small hill) · tr tümsek (small hill) · eo teramaso (small hill) · la colliculus (small hill) · mi karapuke (small hill) · es morón (small hill) · ru высо́тка (small hill) · uk горбок (small hill) · es lomba (small hill) · fr mamelon (small hill) · fr mondrain (small hill) · cmn 小丘 (small hill) · af koppie (small hill) · mi toropuke (small hill) · gl altorelo (small hill) · is hóll (small hill) · ota كومه (small hill) · bg могилка (small hill) · pt outeiro (small hill) · nrf butchiéthe (small hill) · gl galaio (small hill) · sw kilima (small hill) · nb knaus (small hill) · ro colină (small hill) · gl cotarelo (small hill) · as ঢাপলিকা (small hill)