Mountain Definition

mountən
mountains
noun
mountains
A natural elevation of the earth's surface, typically larger and steeper than a hill.
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A chain or group of such elevations.
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A large pile, heap, or mound.
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A very large amount.
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(figuratively) A difficult task or challenge.

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Antonyms:
adjective
Of a mountain or mountains.
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Situated, living, or used in the mountains.
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Synonyms:
idiom
the Mountain
  • the extreme revolutionary party of Danton and Robespierre, which occupied the highest seats in the French National Assembly in 1793
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Other Word Forms of Mountain

Noun

Singular:
mountain
Plural:
mountains

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Mountain

  • the Mountain

Origin of Mountain

  • From 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 [script?] [script?] (mati, “promontory")), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to project, stick out"). More at menace.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English mountaine from Old French montaigne, muntaigne from Vulgar Latin montānea from feminine of montāneus of a mountain from Latin montānus from mōns mont- mountain men-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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