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sidehill

sidehill noun: the side or slope of a hill; a sloping descent.

Noun

sidehill (plural sidehills)

  1. (US) The side or slope of a hill; a sloping descent.
    • By reason of this planning the line, which for much of its length has a sidehill location in river canyons with steep sides, was compelled to tunnel extensively, the 43 tunnels on the route having a combined length of 44,189 ft.1941 March, “Notes and News: Modernising a Main Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 133
    Synonyms:
    hillside

sidehill meaning in Tamil

sidehill in Tamil

sidehill; slope of a hill
வரை varai

Synonyms of sidehill

Forms of sidehill

pluralsidehills

Origin of sidehill

From side + hill.

Words formed from sidehill

Phrases with sidehill

Questions about sidehill

What does sidehill mean?
Sidehill means the side or slope of a hill; a sloping descent.
What is sidehill in Tamil?
Sidehill in Tamil is வரை (varai). See Sidehill meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sidehill?
Sidehill is a noun.
What is the plural of sidehill?
The plural of sidehill is sidehills.

Words near sidehill in the dictionary

  1. sidehacking
  2. sidehacks
  3. sidehall
  4. sidehead
  5. sideheads
  6. sidehill
  7. sidehill gouger
  8. sidehill gougers
  9. sidehills
  10. sidejump
  11. sidejumps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sidehill (page history and authors); வரை (Tamil) (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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