mountain

  • 21mountain */*/*/ — UK [ˈmaʊntɪn] / US [ˈmaʊnt(ə)n] noun [countable] Word forms mountain : singular mountain plural mountains 1) a natural structure like a very big hill that is much higher than the usual level of land around it They went walking and climbing in the …

    English dictionary

  • 22Mountain — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Mountain, montagne en anglais, peut désigner : Mountain, un type de locomotive à vapeur, Mountain, un groupe de rock, et aussi : Mountain bike,… …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 23mountain — moun|tain [ mauntn ] noun count *** 1. ) a natural structure like a very big hill that is much higher than the usual level of land around it: They went walking and climbing in the mountains. spectacular mountain scenery There was still snow on… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 24mountain — /ˈmaʊntən / (say mowntuhn) noun 1. a natural elevation of the earth s surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill. 2. something resembling this, as in size: a mountain of ice. 3. a huge… …

  • 25mountain — n. 1) to climb, scale a mountain 2) high; rugged; snow covered mountains 3) block; folded; volcanic mountains 4) a chain, range of mountains 5) (misc.) the elevation, height of a mountain; to make a mountain out of a molehill ( to exaggerate ) *… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 26Mountain Ok — The Mountain Ok are a region, language, and a group of natives from Papua New Guinea. Not much is known about the obscure and hard to reach group at this time, as they are only reachable by a prop plane on an ill maintained dirt runway and no… …

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  • 27mountain — [13] Latin mōns ‘mountain’ could well go back ultimately to a variant of the base *min ‘jut’ which produced English eminent, imminent, menace, and prominent. English acquired it originally direct from Latin as a noun, mount [OE], which is now… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 28mountain — noun (C) 1 a very high hill: the Rocky Mountains | a mountain rescue team 2 also mountains plural a very large pile or amount of something: My mother in law always gives me a mountain of potatoes from her garden. | I ve got mountains of washing… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29mountain — moun•tain [[t]ˈmaʊn tn[/t]] n. 1) geo a natural elevation of land rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill 2) a large mass or heap; pile 3) a huge amount: a mountain of mail[/ex] 4) of or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30mountain — [13] Latin mōns ‘mountain’ could well go back ultimately to a variant of the base *min ‘jut’ which produced English eminent, imminent, menace, and prominent. English acquired it originally direct from Latin as a noun, mount [OE], which is now… …

    Word origins