hill
[hɪɫ]
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.82 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
American usage
noun
The pitcher’s mound.
noun
The raised portion of the surface of a vinyl record.
Example Sentences
- "The park is sheltered from the wind by a hill to the east."
- "Jack and Gill Went up the hill, To fetch a bottle of water."
- "So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams."
- "You need to pick up speed to get up the hill that's coming up."
- "a hill of corn or potatoes"
- "Spread, heaped up, stacked with good things; and redolent of citrons and grapes, hilling round tall vases of wine;"
Etymology
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 holm.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: [hɪɫ]
- British English: [hɪɫ]
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.
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Phrases
Acacia Hills
Adelaide Hills
Alabama Hills
Alexandra Hills
Anaheim Hills
ant-hill
Arana Hills
Argents Hill