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anthills

/ˈænt.hɪlz/

anthills is the plural 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

Questions about anthills

What is anthills the plural of?
Anthills is the plural of anthill.
How do you pronounce anthills?
Anthills is pronounced /ˈænt.hɪlz/.

Words near anthills in the dictionary

  1. anthicid
  2. anthicids
  3. anthicine
  4. anthicines
  5. anthill
  6. anthills
  7. anthimeria
  8. anthimerias
  9. anthiolimine
  10. anthippasia
  11. antho-

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