anthillnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈænt.hɪl/us/ˈænt.hɪl/a pile of soil created by ants when they are making their nests underground
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal dwellings - natural
- arboreal
- burrow
- byre
- cobweb
- den
- earth
- eyrie
- house
- lair
- litter
- lodge
- molehill
- nest
- niche
- rookery
- roost
- spider's web
- warren
- web
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Examples from literature
- One anthill is very much like another.
- Some large anthills, and very small palm trees, not six feet in height, were noticed for the first time so far south.
- The great anthill was troubled to its very lowest depth.
- The slope resembled an anthill.
- The whole country, both hill and valley, wood and plain, abounds with anthills, some of which are six or eight feet high, and twice as much in circumference.