"gravity hill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gravity hills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gravity hill (plural gravity hills)
  1. A place where the layout of the surrounding land produces an optical illusion, making a slight downhill slope appear to be an uphill slope. Wikipedia link: gravity hill
    Sense id: en-gravity_hill-en-noun-V1VR4zX0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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