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hilltop Definition

hill·top (-täp′)

noun

the top of a hill
hilltop Synonyms

hilltop

n.

hilltop Usage Examples

Preposition: with

  • view: The castle crowns a lonely hilltop with dramatic views over the surrounding hills.

Converse of object

  • surround: The four great ridges of earthworks surrounding the hilltop were found to have been heaped up over many periods from prehistoric times.
  • fortify: The site is a fortified hilltop, important as a royal center of the early Scots in the kingdom of Dal Riata.
  • expose: The moorland is capped with hundreds of exposed granite hilltops ( known as tors ), providing habitats for Dartmoor wildlife.
  • crown: The castle crowns a lonely hilltop with dramatic views over the surrounding hills.
  • visit: After lunch enter the world of medieval Cairo, visiting the imposing hilltop Citadel built by Saladin in the 12th century.
  • mount: As this traveler grew more distant and mounted the next small hilltop, the eagle struck off in flight.

Adjective modifier

  • rocky: History, habitats and management Blacksmith's Field is situated on a rocky hilltop with wide views over the surrounding countryside.
  • nearby: On a nearby hilltop, a Buddhist temple stands watch.
  • remote: It was time to exact revenge for the defeat the Boers had inflicted on the British on a remote hilltop in Natal v Majuba.
  • high: Soon, heather blocked her way and, pushing through it, she found herself on a high hilltop.
  • windy: It is done in easier circumstances than standing on a windy wet hilltop trying to keep paper clean and dry.. .
  • windswept: Peaceful wooded valleys, a dramatic coastal landscape and remote windswept hilltops give the Blackdowns a contrasting coastal and upland character.

Modifies a noun

  • fortress: Leaving the park behind, we head to the brooding hilltop fortress of Amber.
  • fort: Standing stones, burial cairns, hilltop fort, Knights Templar graves, it's all here!
  • hamlet: Located in a traditional town house in the piazza in Castel di Croce, a stunning hilltop hamlet.
  • monastery: There is even a hilltop monastery at least 1,500 years old.
  • suburb: Trsat, a gentle hilltop suburb, stands guard over Rijeka.
  • village: However, atop the rolling hills there are numerous hilltop villages waiting to be explored.

Noun used with modifier

  • century: White Rock Bed and Breakfast is a converted 18th century hilltop croft house on a small farm near Lochgilphead.

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