hilltop

[ hil-top ]

noun

1. the top or summit of a hill.

verb (used without object)

, hill·topped, hill·top·ping.

1. Fox Hunting.
   1. to follow the progress of a hunt on horseback but without jumping.
   2. to follow the hunt on foot or in an automobile.

Other Words From

• hilltopper noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hilltop¹

1375–1425; late Middle English. See hill, top ¹

Example Sentences

In Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on Sunday, onlookers gawked at a charred hilltop, where newly fallen leaves had already obscured the scorched earth of Friday’s 2-acre brushfire.

From Slate

It does not discriminate, says Samir, who is Christian and is the head of operations at the station in Zahle - a predominantly Christian town, dominated by a statue of the Virgin Mary, which rises 54m above a hilltop.

From BBC

Mohammed recounts the horrors from his bed in the Nabih Berri government hospital, which is perched on a hilltop in Nabatieh.

From BBC

Iqra Ismail, who captained Somalia in 2019 and established Hilltop FC, said the issue arose when she signed for Regent's Park grassroots team United Dragons FC.

From BBC

After about half an hour, we reached our destination: a hilltop marker declaring we were about to enter federal land monitored by the Border Patrol.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• bluff
• cliff
• dune
• highland
• hillside
• ridge
• slope