Meanings
comparative more hilllike · superlative most hilllike · alternative hill-like
- Resembling a hill or hills.
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, 1823-18452 more examples
[…] 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 spacePatch 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
Origin
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hilllike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hilllike
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