hillside

¹

[ hil-sahyd ]

noun

1. the side or slope of a hill.

Hillside

²

[ hil-sahyd ]

noun

1. a township in NE New Jersey.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hillside¹

1350–1400; Middle English; Old English hyll sīde

Example Sentences

With intense offshore winds and extremely dry brush, the blaze spread quickly and, by the afternoon, had ripped through hillside neighborhoods near Camarillo.

From Los Angeles Times

Their corner of Ventura County was battered by powerful Santa Ana winds every fall, and those gusts stoked fires that came close but never swept into their hillside community.

From Los Angeles Times

On Friday morning, a pair of sheriff’s deputies scrambled up a hillside in Camarillo Heights after residents noticed smoke billowing out of dense brush.

From Los Angeles Times

The hillside around Robert Dickran’s home in Camarillo Heights was dotted with burnt cacti and charred brush, showing just how close the fire came to his home.

From Los Angeles Times

That’s when the 60 mph winds whipped through the hillside neighborhood and the fire appeared on a nearby ridgeline.

From Los Angeles Times

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