anthill
Syllables: ant·hill/ˈænt.hɪl/
anthill noun: a cone-shaped structure built from sediment and other available materials by ants or white ants (termites), and beneath which the colony nests.
Noun
anthill (plural anthills)
- 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
anthill meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
anthill in Hindi
- home of ants and termites
- वल्मीक valmīk, बाँबी bāmbī
anthill in Tamil
- சுரங்கப் பற்று
anthill in Marathi
- home of ants and termites
- वारूळ vārūḷ
anthill in Urdu
- دیمک کا گھر
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- anthill in Telugu
- చీమలపుట్ట cīmalapuṭṭa, వల్మీకము valmīkamu
- anthill in Malayalam
- പുറ്റ് puṟṟŭ, ചിതൽപുറ്റ് citalpuṟṟŭ
- anthill in Kannada
- ಹುತ್ತ, ಪುತ್ತ, ಪುತ್ತು, ಹುತ್ತು
- anthill in Sanskrit
- वल्मीक valmīka
- anthill in Tagalog
- punso, bahay-langgam, bahay-anay, pusyo
- anthill in Arabic
- مَسْكَن نَمْل maskan naml
- anthill in Malay
- busut
- anthill in Persian
- آشیان مور âšiyân-e mur
- anthill in Thai
- รังมด rang-mót
- anthill in Vietnamese
- tổ kiến
- anthill in Myanmar
- ခြတောင်ပို့ hkra.taungpui.
Forms of anthill
| plural | anthills |
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Origin of anthill
From Middle English ametehul, amptehille, from Old English ǣmethyll, equivalent to ant + hill.
Questions about anthill
- What does anthill mean?
- Anthill means a cone-shaped structure built from sediment and other available materials by ants or white ants (termites), and beneath which the colony nests.
- What is anthill in Hindi?
- Anthill in Hindi is वल्मीक (valmīk), बाँबी (bāmbī). See Anthill meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is anthill?
- Anthill is a noun.
- How do you pronounce anthill?
- Anthill is pronounced /ˈænt.hɪl/.
- What is the plural of anthill?
- The plural of anthill is anthills.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: anthill (page history and authors); anthill (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anthill (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); చీమలపుట్ట (Telugu) (page history and authors); anthill (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); वल्मीक (Sanskrit) (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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