Foothill

Word FOOTHILL
Character 8
Hyphenation foot hill
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Definitions and meanings of "Foothill"

What do we mean by foothill?

A hill near the base of a mountain or mountain range. noun

A distinct lower part of a mountain; one of the hills or minor elevations of a mountain range which lie next the valley and form the transitions between that and the higher portions: most commonly in the plural: as, the foot-hills of the Sierra Nevada. noun

A low hill at the foot of higher hills or mountains. noun

A hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range. noun

A relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain noun

A hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range.

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The word "foothill" in example sentences

The lower third of the mountains, that is, the foothill section, is only tree-dotted. ❋ Enos Abijah Mills (1896)

Next morning it was agreed we would split up and climb a foothill to glass for Bulls. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Brenda became a devoted fan of hikes in Sabino Canyon, meals at Café Poca Cosa, and massages, pedicures and yoga up at the foothill resorts. ❋ Scott Carter (2011)

The early problem of defaults on the so-called sub-prime mortgages was merely a foothill leading to the Himalayas of today's foreclosures, where banks and primary investors stand to lose billions upon billions, one hundred percent of each of many of the loans they have made on residential real estate in the United States, and literally thousands upon thousands of otherwise normal middle class families are being put out on the street. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A small stream runs near the orphanage, a huge three-story house at a foothill in the semi-rural village. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But in the foothill community of La Canada Flintridge, where more than 40 homes were destroyed by a mudslide last year, resident Lien Yang said the streets were clear of mud and debris. ❋ Unknown (2011)

There are other Ends, though, of a more forgiving nature, such as Rowling End below the outline of Causey Pike, Hobcarton End along the route from Grisedale Pike to Whinlatter Pass and two Lingmell Ends – one standing guard over Kentmere reservoir; the other, a foothill below Steeple in Ennerdale. ❋ Tony Greenbank (2010)

Brenda became a devoted fan of hikes in Sabino Canyon, meals at Café Poca Cosa, and massages, pedicures and yoga up at the foothill resorts. ❋ Scott Carter (2011)

While the rain had given way to only partly cloudy skies Thursday, the danger was not over for foothill residents living below wildfire-scarred hillsides. ❋ AP (2010)

While the rain has eased, the danger was not over for foothill residents living below wildfire-scarred hillsides. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ben Nevis, at 1,433 meters the tallest mountain in Britain, would be a minor foothill in the Himalayas. ❋ Jonathan Watts (2010)

So a team starts in back at the foothill down here. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I'm ready to harvest some myself now, although it's too late for the foothill devil's club outside Seattle. ❋ Laurie Constantino (2008)

Soon after Sarah Palin was elected mayor of the foothill town of Wasilla, Alaska, she startled a local music teacher by insisting in casual conversation that men and dinosaurs coexisted on an Earth created 6,000 years ago — about 65 million years after scientists say most dinosaurs became extinct — the teacher said. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It really is a long way to come from tenting out in bush-plane isolation camps in the muskeg desolation of northern Alberta to kicking it on the foothill porches of southern BC. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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