ANTHILL

anthill, formicary

(noun) a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

anthill (plural anthills)

A cone-shaped formation constructed from sediment and other available materials by ants or termites. The colony nests underneath this cone.

Source: Wiktionary


Ant"-hill, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

2 July 2025

RESTITUTION

(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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