hillcrest

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noun

The crest of a hill

Less commonScrabble 14

Meanings

hillcrest1

nounhillcrest (plural hillcrests)

plural hillcrests

  1. The crest of a hill

    But all that sunny hillcrest seemed brightened by the marquis.

    1901, Mary Hartwell Catherwood, Lazarre
    2 more examples

    The light got red and angry as they dipped into the valley; the firs on the hillcrest stood out black and sharp, and then melted into the gray background.

    1917, Harold Bindloss, Carmen's Messenger

    The upper half of her torso is raised and she's looking away from the camera, apparently staring over the hillcrest as if hunting for something amid the foliage or plotting an escape route.

    2002 November 22, Justin Matlick, “Feeling the Buzz”, in Chicago Reader

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Origin

Hillcrest · proper noun

From hill + crest.

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APA

hillcrest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hillcrest

MLA

“hillcrest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hillcrest. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hillcrest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hillcrest.

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