Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with hillside in American Collocation
hillside
noun
countable
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
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/ˈhɪlˌsaɪd/
covered in trees or grass
forested
grassy
green
lush
verdant
wooded
The valley winds its way between wooded hillsides and spectacular cliffs.
steep/not steep
rolling
sloping
steep
Set on a gently sloping hillside with the impressive Mount Ponoig as its backdrop, the village is an impressive development.
The track descends a steep hillside in a series of hairpin bends.
rocky or with few plants
barren
craggy
rocky
stony
Its preferred habitat is thick woodland or rocky hillsides.
with few plants
bare
barren
scrubby
A side-track leads across the scrubby hillsides overlooking the town.
where there is a lot of wind
windswept
They searched the barren windswept hillsides for the body, but found nothing.
cover the hillside
cover
dot
As darkness fell a few isolated lights dotted the opposite hillside.
be in the hillside
be built into
be carved into
be cut into
White horses carved into hillsides can be found in several places in the West of England.
be on the hillside
be perched on
be set on
perch on
sit on
stand on
Their tiny cottage sits on the hillside, with uninterrupted views.