hillside

Everyday

The sloping side of a hill. tree →

In the lessons

In geography and stories it tells where something is: sheep on the hillside, houses on the hillside, a path up the hillside. In safety talk: a steep hillside can be slippery, and in heavy rain mud can slide down it.

Examples

• Sheep were grazing on the hillside. tree →
• Our house is built on a hillside. tree →
• We rolled down the grassy hillside. tree →
• The hillside was covered in yellow flowers. tree →
• Be careful, the hillside is steep and wet. tree →
• A white horse is carved into the chalk hillside. tree →
• Farmers grow grapes on the sunny hillside. tree →
• Trees help stop the hillside from washing away. tree →
• There was the town, on the hillside! tree →

Note

Countable. One word, not «hill side». Usually «on the hillside». Similar: slope, mountainside.