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ant-hill

/ˈænthɪl/

ant-hill noun: a mound-shaped nest built or inhabited by ants or termites.

Noun

ant-hill (plural ant-hills)

  1. A mound-shaped nest built or inhabited by ants or termites.

ant-hill meaning in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam

ant-hill in Tamil

கறையான் புற்று, புற்றம், நாகு, எறும்புகளின் வளை

ant-hill in Telugu

an ant-hill
పుట్ట puṭṭa

ant-hill in Malayalam

ant-hill, termite mound
പുറ്റ് puṟṟŭ

Forms of ant-hill

pluralant-hills
alternative formanthill

Origin of ant-hill

From ant + hill.

Questions about ant-hill

What does ant-hill mean?
Ant-hill means a mound-shaped nest built or inhabited by ants or termites.
What is ant-hill in Tamil?
Ant-hill in Tamil is கறையான் புற்று, புற்றம், நாகு. See Ant-hill meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ant-hill?
Ant-hill is a noun.
How do you pronounce ant-hill?
Ant-hill is pronounced /ˈænthɪl/.
What is the plural of ant-hill?
The plural of ant-hill is ant-hills.

Words near ant-hill in the dictionary

  1. ant-blues
  2. ant-eater
  3. ant-eaters
  4. ant-heap
  5. ant-heaps
  6. ant-hill
  7. ant-hills
  8. ant-plant
  9. ant-plants
  10. ant-tanager
  11. ant-tanagers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ant-hill (page history and authors); ant-hill (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); పుట్ట (Telugu) (page history and authors); പുറ്റ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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