They entered the anthill and stored their food.

Meaning: The ants went inside their colony and put away the food they had collected.

Choice of Words: Entered suggests movement into the anthill. Stored indicates the ants' act of keeping the food for future use.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• They finally reached their destination, an anthill.
• Ants marched in line to anthill.
• The ants marched in a long line to the anthill.
• Workers stored food in the nest.
• The worker stored food in a cool, dry place.
• Clever fox stored food for winter.
• They found cave and entered.
• They stored berries in a cool cellar.
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• They gathered their things and headed home, their faces flushed with cold and smiles on their faces.