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hillcrest

noun

Etymology

From hill + crest.

  1. derived from crista
  2. derived from *cresta✻
  3. inherited from cræsta — “crest, tuft, plume”
  4. derived from creste
  5. inherited from creste
  6. compounded as hillcrest — “hill + crest”

Definitions

  1. The crest of a hill

    • But all that sunny hillcrest seemed brightened by the marquis.
    • The light got red and angry as they dipped into the valley; the firs on the hillcrest stood out black and sharp, and then melted into the gray background.
    • The upper half of her torso is raised and she's looking away from the camera, apparently staring over the hillcrest as if hunting for something amid the foliage or plotting an escape route.

  2. A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

  3. A suburb of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. A number of places in Australia

      A number of places in Australia:

    2. A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, north of Waitemata Harbour.

    3. A suburb of Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.

    4. A community in the municipality of Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada.

    5. A hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.

    6. A community in Prince Edward County, Ontario.

    7. A number of places in the United States

      A number of places in the United States:

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA