Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The crest or top of a hill.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The top or summit of a hill.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The top of a hill.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The peak or crest of a hill.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the peak of a hill

Etymologies

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From hill +‎ top.

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Examples

  • A church on a hilltop is the first indication or landmark of Sabará, the town being immediately below it.

    The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897

  • I say tragic, because on every hilltop is a ruin of either a fortress or a church in which men sought security and there was no security.

    London To Paris To Rome 1939

  • Fussell’s topmost denizens were “out of sight” in hilltop manses at the end of long, curving driveways.

    Class Dismissed 2009

  • Fussell’s topmost denizens were “out of sight” in hilltop manses at the end of long, curving driveways.

    Class Dismissed 2009

  • Tuesday's violence was sponsored by fundamentalists known as "hilltop youth," according to an unnamed activist cited on the Jewish Voice, a website that promotes radical settlers' views.

    Israeli Radicals Attack Army, Palestinians Joshua Mitnick 2011

  • Many of the outposts are inhabited by radicals known as "hilltop youths," who have embarked on a campaign of vigilante violence against Palestinians and Israeli security forces as retaliation for the occasion demolition of illegal buildings in the settlements.

    Israel Leader Signals Plan to Dismantle Outposts Joshua Mitnick 2011

  • Over the hilltop was a short but steep drop and below that a long lawn full of leafy trees that lead to a golden castle, just like in fairy tales, me kiddies.

    Magic X Nina Alvarez 2010

  • A church on a hilltop is the first indication or landmark of Sabará, the town being immediately below it.

    The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

  • Down in the city, one night, there was a grand display of fireworks, and the hilltop was a good place from which to enjoy it; but it grew late after a little, and Susy was ordered to bed.

    Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

  • Only Renaile stood above them; only Dorile among the Sea Folk on the hilltop was their equal.

    The Path of Daggers Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1998

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