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hilltop

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hill·top  (hltp)
n.
The crest or top of a hill.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hilltophilltop - the peak of a hill; "the sun set behind the brow of distant hills"
crest, summit, top, peak, tip, crown - the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit"
Translations
hilltop [ˈhɪltɒp] Ncumbre f
hilltop [ˈhɪltɒp]
nsommet m de la (or d'une) colline
Their house stood on a wooded hilltop → Leur maison était située au sommet d'une colline boisée.
modif [village, town] → perché(e) sur une colline; [house, castle] → perché(e) sur une colline
a medieval hilltop village → un village médiéval perché sur une colline
hill walker hill-walker nrandonneur/euse m/f
hill walking hill-walking nrandonnée f (de basse montagne)
to go hill-walking → faire de la randonnée (de basse montagne)
He goes hill-walking in Skye in his spare time → Il fait de la randonnée à Skye pendant son temps libre.
hilltop [ˈhɪlˌtɒp] nsommità f inv della collina
on the hilltop → in cima alla collina
hilltop [ˈhɪlˌtɒp] nsommità f inv della collina
on the hilltop → in cima alla collina


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Showers of twigs and leaves fell upon them, and predicament followed predicament, until they emerged on the hilltop the worse for wear but happy and excited.
Viewed from a hilltop it reflects the color of the sky; but near at hand it is of a yellowish tint next the shore where you can see the sand, then a light green, which gradually deepens to a uniform dark green in the body of the pond.
The hilltop, the cool air of the night, the company of the great monuments, the sight of the city under his feet, with its hills and valleys and crossing files of lamps, drew him by all he had of the poetic, and he turned that way; and by that quite innocent deflection, ripened the crop of his venial errors for the sickle of destiny.
 
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