HILLOCK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)