anthill
Colony's dirt dome
An anthill is a mound of earth, sand, or debris built up around the entrance to an ant colony, marking the excavation below.
The term extends to the entire underground nest structure.
Figuratively, an anthill describes any place teeming with busy activity: The office was an anthill of preparations before the merger.
Most powerful chess piece
- workersPeople doing jobs
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- pupaInsect's resting stage
eggs · brood · caste · foraging · pheromones · cooperation · social structure · division of labor
Enclosed room or cavity
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- networkInterconnected system
- passagewaysEnclosed routes between spaces
- galleriesSpaces for displaying art
entrance · exit · subterranean · excavation · ventilation · labyrinth · burrow · shaft
Loose dry earth
- soilGround matter for planting
- heapJumbled collection of items
- pileAccumulated mass of objects
- knollSmall rounded hill
hillock · mound · elevation · earthwork · landform · nest · dome · crater
Joint effort toward shared aim
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- industryEconomic production sector
- busyActively occupied with tasks
- industriousDevoted to steady effort
organization · hierarchy · efficiency · collective · tireless · persistence · Sisyphean · microcosm
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- aerationInfusing with oxygen
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
- seed dispersalTransport of plant embryos
predators · anteater · aardvark · armadillo · woodpecker · symbiosis · pest · infestation
queen
Most powerful chess piece
pupa · eggs · brood · caste · foraging · pheromones · cooperation · social structure · division of labor · population
chamber
Enclosed room or cavity
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- networkInterconnected system
- passagewaysEnclosed routes between spaces
galleries · entrance · exit · subterranean · excavation · ventilation · labyrinth · burrow · shaft · depth
dirt
Loose dry earth
knoll · hillock · mound · elevation · earthwork · landform · nest · dome · crater · granules
teamwork
Joint effort toward shared aim
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- industryEconomic production sector
- busyActively occupied with tasks
industrious · organization · hierarchy · efficiency · collective · tireless · persistence · Sisyphean · microcosm · society
ecosystem
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- aerationInfusing with oxygen
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
seed dispersal · predators · anteater · aardvark · armadillo · woodpecker · symbiosis · pest · infestation · biodiversity
- animal homesnest, den, burrow, hive, lair
- hillshillock, hilltop, hillside, knoll, mound
- Moundsburial mound, cairn, dirt pile, heap, hillock
- insect habitatsbeehive, hive, nest, cocoon, chrysalis
- ant coloniescolony, nest, mound, caste, forager
- insect homesbeehive, hive, wasp nest, hornet nest, termite mound
anthillmountain
Tall natural landmass
skyscraper · pyramid · colossus · fortress · cathedral
anthillbeehive
Honeycomb housing structure
bird's nest · termite mound · wasp nest · burrow · beaver dam
anthillempire
Domain under unified control
kingdom · metropolis · capital · citadel · seat of power