hill

CEFRA1

/hɪl/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An area of land that rises above the land around it.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A heap of earth surrounding a plant.

Examples

  • A banking scandal is sweeping across Capitol Hill.

  • The stone rolled down the hill.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • [hɪɫ]
  • [hɪo̯]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A sloping road.

  2. An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.

  3. The pitcher’s mound.

More examples

In context

  • You must go up the hill.

  • The park is sheltered from the wind by a hill to the east.

  • You need to pick up speed to get up the hill that's coming up.

Antonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English hil (“hill”), from Old English hyll (“hill”), from Proto-West Germanic *hulli (“hill”), from Proto-Germanic *hulliz (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís (“top, hill, rock”) (compare also Proto-Germanic *halluz (“stone, rock”)). Cognate with Middle Dutch hille, hulle (“hill”), Low German hull (“hill”), Faroese hólur (“hill”), Icelandic and Old Norse hóll (“hill”), Norn hul (“hillock”), Norwegian hol (“low hillock”), Swedish kulle (“hill”), Catalan coll (“hill”), Italian colle (“hill”), Latin collis (“hill”), Lithuanian kalnas (“hill, mountain”), Albanian kallumë (“big pile, tall heap”), Russian холм (xolm, “hill”), Old English holm (“rising land, island”). More at...