ACCLIVITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does acclivity mean? • ACCLIVITY (noun)
The noun ACCLIVITY has 1 sense:
1. an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
Familiarity information: ACCLIVITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ACCLIVITY (noun)
Meaning:
An upward slope or grade (as in a road)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
acclivity; ascent; climb; upgrade; raise; rise
Context example:
the car couldn't make it up the rise
Hypernyms ("acclivity" is a kind of...):
incline; side; slope (an elevated geological formation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acclivity"):
uphill (the upward slope of a hill)
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