hilltop

noun

hill·​top ˈhil-ˌtäp How to pronounce hilltop (audio)
: the highest part of a hill

Examples of hilltop in a Sentence

They built their house on a hilltop.
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The hilltop monument wasn’t anywhere near the destructive blazes that night — the fires were too busy destroying residential communities then — but the thought pulled focus from real relief efforts. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Jan. 2025 Visit The home Of Frederick Douglass Scholar, abolitionist, and orator Frederick Douglass spent his final years at his hilltop Cedar Hill property in the Anacostia neighborhood of D.C. Essence, 17 Jan. 2025 By some standards, Mr. Ashkenazy’s exclusive hotel complex, Elsewhere — built on 39 hilltop acres of what was once a vacation ranch for the Howard Johnson family — could be seen as a harbinger of gentrifying forces. Guy Trebay, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025 Topography is also a factor in communities where water is pumped from the valley floor up to hilltop storage tanks. Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for hilltop 

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hilltop was in the 15th century

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“Hilltop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hilltop. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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hilltop

noun
hill·​top -ˌtäp How to pronounce hilltop (audio)
: the highest part of a hill

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