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    HILLOCK

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A small natural hillplay

    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)

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