hilllike

adj

hilllike

adj

Etymology From hill + -like.

1

Resembling a hill or hills.

  • […] it is visualized as a formation with ends coming down, or a hilllike formation, leveling out near the end of its length.1983, Rik Pinxten, Ingrid Van Dooren, Frank Harvey, Anthropology of space:
  • They are raised hilllike areas rising above the surrounding flat marshlands.1983, Rachel Swayze O'Connor, Allie Bayne Windham Webb, Mistress of Evergreen Plantation: Rachel O'Connor's legacy of letters, 1823-1845:
1 more example
  • Patch reefs are hilllike reefs that often occur in sandy lagoon areas or on the upper reef slope of gently inclined fringing reefs.1990, Les Holliday, Geoff Rodgers, Coral reefs: a global view:

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