foothill

[ foot-hil ]

noun

1. a low hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range.

foothill

/ ˈfʊtˌhɪl /

noun

1. often plural a lower slope of a mountain or a relatively low hill at the foot of a mountain

Word History and Origins

Origin of foothill¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; foot + hill

Example Sentences

In a matter of hours, the Mountain fire charged rapidly across the Santa Susana Mountains and into nearby foothill neighborhoods, forcing widespread evacuations and demanding intense firefights from crews showered in red-hot embers.

From Los Angeles Times

The microbiologists used the novel approach on Atacama soil samples collected from the desert along a west-to-east swath from the ocean's edge to the foothills of the Andes mountains.

From Science Daily

Residents in the foothills above Camarillo are grappling with scenes of staggering destruction after the Mountain fire flattened scores of homes.

From Los Angeles Times

By 11 a.m., widespread evacuations were ordered as the blaze marched toward the Camarillo foothills and higher into the mountains — where winds blew stronger, pushing stray embers even farther ahead of the blaze, officials reported.

From Los Angeles Times

It swept into foothill communities around Camarillo and Moorpark, pushed by offshore winds that the National Weather Service deemed “particularly dangerous.”

From Los Angeles Times