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Definitions for Mountain
[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, usually greater than 2000 feet (610 meters).
[2] a large mass of something resembling this, as in shape or size.
[3] a huge amount: a mountain of incoming mail.
[4] (initial capital letter ) a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, eight driving wheels, and a two-wheeled rear truck.
[5] Also called mountain wine . British Archaic . a sweet Malaga wine.
[6] of or relating to mountains: mountain air.
[7] living, growing, or located in the mountains: mountain people.
[8] resembling or suggesting a mountain, as in size.
[9] make a mountain out of a molehill . molehill(def 2) .
[10] a natural upward projection of the earth's surface, higher and steeper than a hill and often having a rocky summit (as modifier ) mountain people ; mountain scenery (in combination ) a mountaintop
[11] a huge heap or mass a mountain of papers
[12] anything of great quantity or size
[13] a surplus of a commodity, esp in the European Union the butter mountain
[14] a mountain to climb British informal a serious or considerable difficulty or obstruction to overcome
[15] make a mountain out of a molehill See molehill (def. 2)
[16] the Mountain an extremist faction during the French Revolution led by Danton and Robespierre
Words related to Mountain
ridge, elevation, pile, peak, bluff, cliff, sierra, volcano, pyramid, height, eminence, alp, hump, precipice, glob, drift, dome, heap, mesa, stack
Words nearby Mountain
mount vernon, mount vesuvius, mount washington, mount whitney, mount wilson observatory, mountain, mountain ash, mountain avens, mountain beaver, mountain bike, mountain bluebird
Origin of Mountain
1175–1225; Middle English mountaine < Old French montaigne < Vulgar Latin *montānea, noun use of feminine of *montāneus, equivalent to Latin montān(us ) mountainous (mont-, stem of mōns mountain + -ānus -an) + -eus adj. suffix
Other words from Mountain
moun·tain·less , adjective
sub·moun·tain , adjective
un·der·moun·tain , noun
Word origin for Mountain
C18: so called because its members sat in the highest row of seats at the National Convention Hall in 1793
Synonyms for Mountain
bluff, cliff, elevation, peak, pile, ridge, sierra, volcano, abundance, alp, bank, butte, crag, dome, drift, eminence, glob, heap, height, hump, mass, mesa, mound, mount, palisade, pike, precipice, pyramid, range, shock, stack, ton, tor