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ant hill

British

noun

a mound of soil, leaves, etc, near the entrance of an ants' nest, carried and deposited there by the ants while constructing the nest
a mound of earth, usually about 2 metres high, built up by termites in forming a nest

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I was sitting on a fire ant hill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The dish is almost cartoonishly pink, and I half-expected it to taste like an ant hill.

From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2018

Back in Mount Shasta, the Crystal Geyser plant is a stepped-on ant hill of activity as workers rush to prepare for a September opening.

From MSNBC • Jun. 29, 2015

They are the first generation to harness the "exogenous brain," the networked thoughts of many, the intellectual ant hill of humanity.

From US News • Jul. 29, 2014

So might one look down on an ant hill and see no method or direction or purpose in the darting hurrying inhabitants.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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