Meaning & use
rolling hill
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Meaning
nouncountable
A hill with a smooth, rounded shape and gentle slopes, often in a group.
Grammar: Countable; usually used in the plural 'rolling hills' to describe a landscape with many such hills.
Patterns
- rolling hills
- a landscape of rolling hills
- the rolling hills of [a place]
The cottage stood among rolling hills covered in sheep.
We drove through the rolling hills of Tuscany, past vineyards and olive groves.
The painting shows a peaceful scene of rolling hills under a blue sky.
Word forms
| plural | rolling hills |
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Common combinations
- rolling hills
- The train passed through miles of rolling hills.
- a landscape of rolling hills
- The region is known for its landscape of rolling hills.
- gentle rolling hills
- We walked across gentle rolling hills covered in wildflowers.
- the rolling hills of [place]
- She grew up in the rolling hills of Vermont.
Synonyms and how they differ
- hillock
- A hillock is a small hill, not necessarily smooth or rounded; 'rolling hill' emphasizes the gentle, rounded shape.
- mound
- A mound is a rounded mass, often small and sometimes artificial; a rolling hill is a natural landscape feature.
Opposites
Word family
- hill noun
- A raised area of land, not as high as a mountain.
- hilly adjective
- Having many hills.
Commonly confused: rolling hill or rolling?
rolling hill vs rolling
As a verb, 'rolling' means moving by turning over; in 'rolling hill', it describes the gentle, wave-like shape of the land.
Practice
The landscape was characterized by ______, which stretched as far as the eye could see.
Choose one answer.
The plural 'rolling hills' is the usual form for describing a landscape with many gentle hills. The singular forms would suggest only one hill, which does not fit 'as far as the eye could see'.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “rolling hill”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.