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hill chain

hill chain noun: an elongated line of hills that usually includes a succession of more or less prominent hilltops, domed summits or kuppen, hill ridges and saddles and which, together with its associated lateral ridges and branches, may form a complex topographic structure.

Noun

hill chain (plural hill chains)

  1. (countable) An elongated line of hills that usually includes a succession of more or less prominent hilltops, domed summits or kuppen, hill ridges and saddles and which, together with its associated lateral ridges and branches, may form a complex topographic structure.

Forms of hill chain

pluralhill chains

Questions about hill chain

What does hill chain mean?
Hill chain means an elongated line of hills that usually includes a succession of more or less prominent hilltops, domed summits or kuppen, hill ridges and saddles and which, together with its associated lateral ridges and branches, may form a complex topographic structure.
What part of speech is hill chain?
Hill chain is a noun.
What is the plural of hill chain?
The plural of hill chain is hill chains.

Words near hill chain in the dictionary

  1. hill
  2. hill cane
  3. hill canes
  4. hill censer
  5. hill censers
  6. hill chain
  7. hill chains
  8. Hill Chorlton
  9. Hill City
  10. hill climb
  11. hill climbing

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