noun
- plural of hiller; tools or devices used to form hills or mounds, especially in gardening or agriculture
- plural of hiller; people or machines that hill crops such as potatoes or corn by piling soil around the base of plants
Usage: commonly used in farming and gardening contexts
Usage: agricultural term
Examples
- The farmer used several hillers to prepare the potato field.
- Modern hillers can save hours of labor during the growing season.
- She attached the hiller to the tractor to hill the corn rows.
- Traditional hand hillers require significant physical effort.
- The garden store sells both manual and mechanical hillers.