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ant hill

noun

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

Have you ever disturbed an ant-hill, and seen the ants come running out in great haste to learn what was wrong?

Groups of them come out to the top of the ant-hill to warm and thaw themselves in the rays of the sun.

The same gentleman another day observed a slave ant venture out to the entrance to the ant-hill to enjoy the warmth of the sun.

For instance, an ant was one day seen at some distance from the ant-hill, and evidently in no hurry to go back to it.

Within two weeks from this day I shall be with you, and then my little ant-hill of mystery will be torn to pieces.

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