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- Is it true that the English have many words for hill?
I've heard it said that Eskimos have many words for snow and that the English have many words for hill If so what are they?
- Use of hill to die on - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The expression comes from military usage Wictionary An allusion to the military practice of capturing holding a hill (high ground), no matter the cost or (lack of) benefit, as in the Battle of Hamburger Hill or Last Stand Hill To take the example of The battle of Hamburger Hill: it focussed on the capture of the hill It had little point beyond capturing the hill History Hamburger Hill
- What is the origin of the phrase A Mountain Im Willing to Die On?
Is this the " hill I am willing to die on "—the one I am willing to go down fighting for? In the normal course of the day, when confronted with a problem, it is not realistic to expect someone to run down this entire list of questions But it is always helpful and productive to review these issues before deciding on a course of action
- Up Hill vs. Down Hill - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The expression "It's all up hill from here!" and "It's all down hill from here!" mean that things will only get better or things will only get worst Metaphorically going uphill can provide for a
- A word for reaching the top of a hill or mountain
Is there a word that specifically refers to reaching the top of a hill or mountain? I want to describe the action of reaching the top of a hill and finally being able to see what is on the other
- “peak” vs “summit” - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The OED defines summit, in its topological sense, as ‘the topmost point or ridge of a mountain or hill’ For a peak it gives ‘the pointed top or summit of a mountain; a mountain or hill having a more or less pointed summit, or being conical in form ’
- word choice - Small mountain or low mountain? - English Language . . .
2 What do you call something that is smaller than a mountain but bigger than a hill? There is a small mountain near my hometown "Small mountain" sounds better than "low mountain" to me but I got confused on which word to use because some songs use high highest mountains
- Can you say bald hill to mean a hill that has no trees on it?
A hill like the one you describe I'd call a fell Interestingly, Wikipedia uses the word barren to describe the superficial features, meaning no – or very few – trees, but still some vegetation, typically moorland, so peat bogs, shrubs, grass etc Fell is a fairly specialized term, though, Wiktionary even calls it archaic: fell (plural fells) (archaic outside Britain) A rocky ridge or
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