downhills
- 1Plural of downhill.
The course featured two fast downhills that tested the racers' nerve.
Hikers welcomed the gentle downhills after the long climb to the summit.
Note
A plural that only the countable noun can make: individual descents, such as the fast stretches of a race course or a single run in alpine skiing. The discipline itself is uncountable, so a skier competes in downhill, not in downhills, though they may race several downhills in a season. The adverb and adjective never take the -s: things go downhill, and a path runs downhill, however many there are.
downhills is a form of downhill
downhill, noun: A fast run down a hill in a sport that involves racing down slopes, especially alpine skiing. Full entry
- Forms
- downhilldownhills plural
- Spelling
- downhill → downhills: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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