hillock

/ˈhɪlək/

Other forms: hillocks

A hillock is a small mound of land that's often nearby a group of taller hills. Small children can rarely resist rolling down a grassy hillock.

The word hillock was formed by adding the Old English diminutive -oc to hill, meaning "little hill." You can also call this small, ridged slope of land a knoll. You might sit in the shade of a hillock to eat your picnic lunch, or watch your dog scampering up and down hillocks covered in wildflowers. While you may get out of breath running up a hill, you'll scale a hillock with no problem.

Definitions of hillock

1. noun

   a small natural hill
   synonyms: hammock, hummock, knoll, mound

   types:

   anthill, formicary

   a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest

   kopje, koppie

   a small hill rising up from the African veld

   molehill

   a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing

   type of:

   hill

   a local and well-defined elevation of the land