hillside

hillside
noun
ADJECTIVE
steep
rocky
bare, exposed, open (all esp. BrE)
grassy, green, wooded

On our left was a wooded hillside.

terraced

I was back in wine country, with terraced hillsides on both sides of the road.

distant
VERB + HILLSIDE
be set on

Many of the chalets are set on a hillside reached by steps.

cover, dot

Tiny flowers dotted the hillside.

HILLSIDE + NOUN
vineyard
town, village
PREPOSITION
down a/the hillside

A stream tumbles down the steep hillside.

on a/the hillside

The house was on a hillside outside the town.

up a/the hillside

We clambered up the hillside to the ridge above.

hillside above

the hillside above the town


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