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ant hill

ant hill is the alternative form of anthill.

Meaning of anthill

Noun

anthill (plural anthills)

  1. A cone-shaped structure built from sediment and other available materials by ants or white ants (termites), and beneath which the colony nests.
    • On arrival at Edinburgh Waverley, I fight my way through the throngs of tourists and locals turning the place into a human anthill.2024 November 27, Paul Bigland, “Around the UK on nearly 80 trains...”, in RAIL, number 1023, page 48

Forms of ant hill

pluralant hills

Questions about ant hill

What is ant hill the alternative form of?
Ant hill is the alternative form of anthill.

Words near ant hill in the dictionary

  1. ant crickets
  2. ant egg
  3. ant eggs
  4. ant farm
  5. ant farms
  6. ant hill
  7. ant hills
  8. ant lion
  9. ant lions
  10. ant mill
  11. ant mills

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