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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The crest or top of a hill.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The top or summit of a hill.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The peak or crest of a hill.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The top of a hill.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the peak of a hill

Etymologies

  1. From hill +‎ top. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “I say tragic, because on every hilltop is a ruin of either a fortress or a church in which men sought security and there was no security.”

    London To Paris To Rome

  • “Fussell’s topmost denizens were “out of sight” in hilltop manses at the end of long, curving driveways.”

    Class Dismissed

  • “Tuesday's violence was sponsored by fundamentalists known as "hilltop youth," according to an unnamed activist cited on the Jewish Voice, a website that promotes radical settlers' views.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Israeli Radicals Attack Army, Palestinians

  • “Many of the outposts are inhabited by radicals known as "hilltop youths," who have embarked on a campaign of vigilante violence against Palestinians and Israeli security forces as retaliation for the occasion demolition of illegal buildings in the settlements.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Israel Leader Signals Plan to Dismantle Outposts

  • “Over the hilltop was a short but steep drop and below that a long lawn full of leafy trees that lead to a golden castle, just like in fairy tales, me kiddies.”

    Fictionaut: Magic X

  • “A church on a hilltop is the first indication or landmark of Sabará, the town being immediately below it.”

    The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton

  • “Down in the city, one night, there was a grand display of fireworks, and the hilltop was a good place from which to enjoy it; but it grew late after a little, and Susy was ordered to bed.”

    Mark Twain: A Biography

  • “Only Renaile stood above them; only Dorile among the Sea Folk on the hilltop was their equal.”

    The Path of Daggers

  • “To me, that observatory on the hilltop was a threat to everything I believed in.”

    The Better Man

  • “The view of the river was terrific, and a fire ring with blackened stones suggested that the hilltop was a popular camping spot.”

    The Empress File

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