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hilltop

/ˈhɪltɒp/

hilltop noun: the peak or crest of a hill.

Noun

hilltop (plural hilltops)

  1. The peak or crest of a hill.
    • The territory should be small enough to be surveyed in its entirety from a hilltop.1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.21
    • After crossing the flatlands Lincoln, with its magnificent hilltop cathedral, comes into view before we pull into the station, with its lovely Tudor revival-style buildings.2024 October 30, Paul Bigland, “The heat is on... and will the railway fray?”, in RAIL, number 1021, page 48
    Synonyms:
    brow

Proper noun capitalized: Hilltop

Hilltop

  1. A ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona.
  2. Former name of Fuller Acres, California.
  3. A neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado.
  4. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pike County, Georgia.
  5. A ghost town in Mercer County, Kentucky.
  6. A minor city in Anoka County, Minnesota.
  7. A ghost town in Lander County, Nevada.
  8. A neighbourhood of Jersey City, New Jersey.
  9. A neighbourhood of Columbus, Ohio.
  10. A census-designated place in Weathersfield Township, Trumbull County, Ohio.
  11. A locality in Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
  12. A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
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  1. A census-designated place in Frio County, Texas.
  2. A census-designated place in Starr County, Texas.
  3. A neighbourhood of Tacoma, Washington.
  4. A census-designated place in Fayette County, West Virginia.
  5. A locality in the Municipal District of Greenview, Alberta.
  6. A rural community in the Municipality of Clanwilliam-Erickson, Manitoba.
  7. A suburb of Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP9602).
  8. A suburb of Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1609).
  9. A suburb of Taupo, Waikato, New Zealand.
  10. A rural locality and summit point on Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  11. A sitio in the barangay of Ambuclao, Bokod, Benguet, Philippines.

hilltop meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Thai

hilltop in Tamil

குன்று

hilltop in Urdu

چوٹی

hilltop in Telugu

కొండ శిఖరం

hilltop in Thai

Translations
ยอดเขา yɔ̂ɔt-kǎo

Examples of hilltop in a sentence

  • The castle was an imposing sight on the hilltop.
  • The hilltops are all covered in snow.
  • The rumbling of distant thunder echoed from the hilltop.

All 16 example sentences with hilltop

Synonyms of hilltop

Forms of hilltop

pluralhilltops

Plural of hilltop: hilltops

Origin of hilltop

From hill + top.

Words formed from hilltop

Questions about hilltop

What does hilltop mean?
Hilltop means the peak or crest of a hill.
What is hilltop in Tamil?
Hilltop in Tamil is குன்று. See Hilltop meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hilltop?
Hilltop can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hilltop?
Hilltop is pronounced /ˈhɪltɒp/ (UK).
What is the plural of hilltop?
The plural of hilltop is hilltops.

Words near hilltop in the dictionary

  1. hillstream loaches
  2. hillstreams
  3. Hillstrom
  4. Hillstroms
  5. Hillsville
  6. hilltop
  7. hilltop youth
  8. hilltopper
  9. hilltoppers
  10. hilltopping
  11. hilltops

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hilltop (page history and authors); Hilltop (page history and authors); hilltop (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hilltop (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hilltop (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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