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View synonyms for hillock

hillock

[ hil-uhk ]

noun

  1. a small hill.


hillock

/ ˈhɪlək /

noun

  1. a small hill or mound
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈhillocked, adjective
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Other Words From

  • hillocked hillock·y adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hillock1

First recorded in 1350–1400, hillock is from the Middle English word hilloc. See hill, -ock
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hillock1

C14 hilloc, from hill + -ock
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Example Sentences

Predators and poisonous fungi threaten the unwary, but these hirsute hillocks are mostly a danger to themselves — as the alpha will learn when he seems bent on visiting his lust on a hungry mountain lion.

Nobrega-Olivera looks fondly at black-and-white photos of her grandparents, uncles and aunts from about five decades ago, standing near hillocks of shimmering salt.

Father Luget, Mr Halliday says, claimed to have seen the light over a hillock in the rectory garden and to have seen the Crucifixion above it and the Virgin Mary kneeling before it.

From BBC

But a wagon can restore that simplicity: It’s a great way to lug toys, sunshades and chairs over sandy hillocks.

WINTHROP, Okanogan County — On a rocky hillock crowned with lupine and yarrow, Methow Conservancy Executive Director Sarah Brooks surveyed the Sunny M Ranch on the eve of a historic land deal.

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