Words / A2

HIL/hɪl/

A hill is high land, smaller than a mountain: on a hill, up the hill, a steep hill. Mountain is higher and more dramatic; slope is the side. Downhill and uphill are the directions. In the hills means in a hilly area. Do not call a small slope in a park a mountain.

Meaning

An area of high land, smaller than a mountain.

Examples

• “Their house is on a hill above the town.”
• “We pushed our bikes up the hill.”
• “Their village sits on a green hill.”

Good to know

on / up / down the hill. Smaller than a mountain. Adjective: hilly.

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