hill|ock

hill|ock
hill|ock «HIHL uhk», noun.
a little hill: »

hillocks green and soft, Raised by the mole, the miner of the soil (Cowper).

SYNONYM(S): hummock.
[Middle English hillok < hill + -ok -ock]

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