mountain

Definition of mountain in English English dictionary
mountainspan>: A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, usually given by geographers as above 1000 feet in height (or 304.8 metres), though such masses may still be described as hills in comparison with larger mountains
mountainous: very difficult
mountainous: having many mountains; rough (terrain); rocky
mountainous: full of or abounding in mountains
mountainspan>: {n} a high hill
mountainspan>: {a} found on mountains
mountainous: {a} hilly, irregular, huge, bulky
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mountainspan>: Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer
mountainspan>: A mountainlike mass; something of great bulk
mountainspan>: A large amount
mountainspan>: If you say that someone has a mountain to climb, you mean that it will be difficult for them to achieve what they want to achieve. `We had a mountain to climb after the second goal went in,' said Crosby
mountainspan>: A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an eminence higher than a hill; a mount
mountainspan>: {i} large elevated area on the earth's surface that rises to a summit, hill; large quantity, pile (Informal); obstacle
mountainspan>: Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great
mountainspan>: Locomotive with 4-8-2 wheel arrangement (refer Whyte)
mountainspan>: A high point of land rising steeply above its surroundings
mountainspan>: An area of land that stands up from the surrounding countryside by at least 300m
mountainspan>: A range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the White Mountains
mountainspan>: emphasis If you talk about a mountain of something, or mountains of something, you are emphasizing that there is a large amount of it. They are faced with a mountain of bureaucracy
mountainspan>: a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed a mountain of newspapers"
mountainspan>: a very high hill
mountainspan>: to make a mountain out of a molehill: see molehill. Landform that rises well above its surroundings, generally exhibiting steep slopes, a relatively confined summit area, and considerable local relief (inequalities of elevation). Mountains are considered larger than hills, but the term has no standardized geologic meaning. Mountains are formed by the folding, faulting, or upwarping of the Earth's surface due to the movement of plates (see plate tectonics) or by the emplacement of volcanic rock onto the surface. For example, the Himalayan Mountains where India meets the Eurasian Plate were formed by a collision between plates that caused extreme compressional folding and the uplifting of large areas. The mountain ranges around the Pacific basin are attributed to the sinking of one plate beneath another. See also plateau. mountain sheep mountain lion Mountain Man mountain climbing mountain sickness Bernese mountain dog Kings Mountain Battle of Landis Kenesaw Mountain Last Mountain Lake mountain ash mountain goat Rocky Mountain goat mountain laurel Rocky Mountain National Park Rocky Mountain spotted fever White Mountain Battle of Hoggar Mountains Adirondack Mountains Allegheny Mountains Altai Mountains Andes Mountains Anti Lebanon Mountains Appalachian Mountains Atlas Mountains Balkan Mountains Bighorn Mountains Blue Mountains Blue Ridge Mountains Cairngorm Mountains Cantabrian Mountains Carpathian Mountains Catskill Mountains Caucasus Mountains Elburz Mountains Grampian Mountains Great Smoky Mountains Great Smoky Mountains National Park Green Mountains Guadalupe Mountains National Park Harz Mountains Jotunheim Mountains Jura Mountains Kitakami Mountains Kitami Mountains Kunlun Mountains K'un lun Mountains Laurentian Mountains Lebanon Mountains Medicine Bow Mountains New England Mountains Olympic Mountains Ozark Mountains Rhodope Mountains Rocky Mountains Saint Elias Mountains San Gabriel Mountains San Jacinto Mountains San Juan Mountains Sangre de Cristo Mountains Sayan Mountains Selkirk Mountains Stanovoy Mountains Taurus Mountains T'ien Shan Celestial Mountains Uinta Mountains Ural Mountains Virunga Mountains Wasatch Mountains White Mountains Wrangell Mountains
mountainspan>: a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
mountainspan>: A high point of land rising steeply above its surroundings A long chain of mountains is called a range The Andes Mountains are in South America
mountainspan>: A mountain is a very tall high, natural place on Earth - higher than a hill The tallest mountain on Earth is Mt Everest ocean An ocean is a large body of salt water that surrounds a continent Oceans cover more the two-thirds of the Earth's surface peninsula A peninsula is a body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides plains Plains are flat lands that have only small changes in elevation
mountainspan>: relating to or located in mountains; "mountain people"
mountainspan>: A mountain is a very high area of land with steep sides. Ben Nevis, in Scotland, is Britain's highest mountain
mountainspan>: A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land
mountainspan>: A high, raised part of the earth's surface with a pointed top
mountainspan>: A mountain is a very tall high, natural place on Earth - higher than a hill The tallest mountain on Earth is Mt Everest
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mountainous: resembling a mountain, especially in size
mountainous: {s} characterized by the presence of many mountains, hilly; having huge dimensions; of the nature of mountains
mountainous: containing many mountains like a mountain in size and impressiveness; "mountainous waves"; "a mountainous dark man
mountainous: Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss
mountainous: having many mountains
mountainous: containing many mountains
mountainous: Large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk; as, a mountainous heap
mountainous: like a mountain in size and impressiveness; "mountainous waves"; "a mountainous dark man"
mountainous: Inhabiting mountains
mountainous: A mountainous place has a lot of mountains. the mountainous region of Campania
mountainous: having hills and crags; "hilly terrain"
mountainous: emphasis You use mountainous to emphasize that something is great in size, quantity, or degree. The plan is designed to reduce some of the company's mountainous debt. = huge
mountains: plural of mountain
mountains: Mts

mountain

Hyphenation

Moun·tain

Synonyms

abundance, alp, bank, bluff, butte, cliff, crag, dome, drift, elevation, eminence, glob, heap, height, hump

Antonyms

crevasse, valley

Etymology

() Middle English, from Anglo-Norman muntaine, from Vulgar Latin *montānea, feminine of *montāneus (“mountainous”), alteration of Latin montānus, from mōns, from Proto-Indo-European *monti (compare Welsh mynydd (“mountain”), Albanian mat (“bank, shore”), Avestan (mati, “promontory”)), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to project, stick out”). More at menace.