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HILLOCK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small natural hill
Synonyms:
hammock; hillock; hummock; knoll; mound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("hillock" is a kind of...):
hill (a local and well-defined elevation of the land)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hillock"):
anthill; formicary (a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest)
kopje; koppie (a small hill rising up from the African veld)
molehill (a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing)
