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Definition of hillside noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hillside

noun
 
/ˈhɪlsaɪd/
 
/ˈhɪlsaɪd/
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  1. the side of a hill
    • The crops will not grow on exposed hillsides.
    • Our hotel was on the hillside overlooking the lake.
    Extra Examples
    • I was back in wine country, with terraced hillsides on both sides of the road.
    • Many of the chalets are set on a hillside reached by steps.
    • On our left was a wooded hillside.
    • The house was on a hillside outside the town.
    • Tiny flowers dotted the hillside.
    • We clambered up the hillside to the ridge above.
    • the hillside above the town
    Topics Geographyb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • steep
    • rocky
    • bare
    verb + hillside
    • be set on
    • cover
    • dot
    hillside + noun
    • vineyard
    • town
    • village
    preposition
    • down a/​the hillside
    • on a/​the hillside
    • up a/​the hillside
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