Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A minor cone of a volcano.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
monticle . - noun In the tabulate corals of the family Clætetidæ, a group of autopores which form a slightly elevated cluster on the surface of the corallum.
- noun Same as
monticulus .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
monticle .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
monticle .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Three Random Words: la panosse (f) = floorcloth = passer la panosse = to mop the floor le monticule (m) = hillock, mound; heap la papille (f) = papilla = les papilles gustatives = taste buds
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Three Random Words: la panosse (f) = floorcloth = passer la panosse = to mop the floor le monticule (m) = hillock, mound; heap la papille (f) = papilla = les papilles gustatives = taste buds
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Three Random Words: la panosse (f) = floorcloth = passer la panosse = to mop the floor le monticule (m) = hillock, mound; heap la papille (f) = papilla = les papilles gustatives = taste buds
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Pitit tour en ville pour poster mon monticule de lettres de motivations ...
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2005
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Pis apres j'v faire comme mon pere ... jouer a la console apres avoir eté poster mon monticule de lettre de motivation et perdre toute notions du temps a tel point que si personne me dit qu'il faut manger je mangerai jamais!!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2005
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On the brow of Mount Ida (a small monticule so named) we met with and engaged a young Greek as our guide, who told us he had come from Scio with an English lord, who left the island four days previous to our arrival in his felucca.
The Vampyre 2004
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Isolated on a monticule by the river bank the chateau overlooked its brood of small pavilions, which in a way formed an _entresol_, or foyer, leading to the Pavilion Royal.
Royal Palaces and Parks of France Blanche McManus
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The massive iron gates stood alone between him and the black panther, which cowered some twenty feet away behind a low monticule covered with tufts of grass, its tiny eyes of topaz fixed upon the oncoming prey.
"Unto Caesar" Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906
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A few kilometres further on we reached the "bizarre monticule," from which sprouted a still more bizarre château.
The Princess Passes 1901
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From the railway we catch sight of the monticule crowned by an obelisk; surmounting the vine-clad slopes, we also obtain a glimpse of its "Ormes de Sully," or group of magnificent elms, one of many in
East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877
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