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Foothills

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Foothills"

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Word	Definition
hillsnoun	A surname.
hillsidesnoun	The side of a hill.
mountainsnoun	mountain range
piedmontnoun	An administrative region in the north of Italy.
piemonte	the Italian name for Piedmont, a region of northern Italy.
knollsnoun	A small mound or rounded hill.
uplandsnoun	A place in Canada:
spursnoun	(soccer) Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
ridgesnoun	Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
prealpsnoun	The foothills at the base of the Alps.
risesverb	(intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
submontane	Located at the base of a mountain, or in the foothills of a mountain chain.
highlandnoun	A high area; land that is higher than surrounding areas.
mountain rangenoun	(geography) A series of adjoining mountains, often in a line.
elevationnoun	The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
escarpmentnoun	A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
ridgenoun	Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
acclivitynoun	(geomorphology) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.
cuestanoun	(geomorphology) A hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other.
drainage dividenoun	Synonym of watershed.