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Word entry · 4 letters

hill

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"Gentle rise in land"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /hɪl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted hillStarts with HEnds with L10 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Raised area of land smaller than a mountain.

Word origin

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”)).

Used in a sentence

  • “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.”
  • “a hill of corn or potatoes”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer10 curated clues

01“Gentle rise in land”4 letters
02“Raised land”4 letters
03“Rise in the landscape”4 letters
04“Rise in the road”4 letters
05“Rounded rise in land”4 letters
06“Slope for sledding”4 letters
07“Small mountain”4 letters
08“Small raised landform”4 letters
09“Small rise in land”4 letters
10“Small rise of land”4 letters

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