surmount Definition
sur·mount (sər mo̵unt′)
surmount Related Forms
sur·mount′·able adjective
surmount Synonyms
surmount Usage Examples
Object
- bulge: Climb the steep wall on the left and surmount a bulge on doubtful blocks.
- obstacle: You'll find out about your unique place in the body of Christ and how to surmount the obstacles that keep you from thriving.
- hurdle: Even if he surmounted those hurdles, there was a further problem, as Ron pointed out on UK national television.
- pillar: This consists of a concrete pillar surmounted by a shell, on which is perched an eagle.
- tower: It is an attractive building with a corner tower surmounted by a conical roof, thus giving a Scottish feel to the whole.
- roof: They are almost identical in Gothic style, with curious stepped pyramid roofs surmounted by obelisks topped with an egg shape.
Subject
- weathervane: The bellcote has a pitched roof surmounted by a wrought iron weathervane.
- cupola: A two story main block had a central hall, surmounted by an octagonal cupola.
- spire: At one corner of the church is a tower, surmounted by a lofty spire.
- pediment: Single, central, canal loading arm in northern elevation, surmounted by a classical pediment.
- finial: The gabled top is surmounted by a cross finial.
- cornice: Each arch [ was ] cinquefoiled, and the whole surmounted by an embattled cornice with small pinnacles.
Modifying Another Word
- easily: Chief two years have sparked a. The two leaders river easily surmounted.
- successfully: The colony successfully surmounted the financial stringency caused by the withdrawal of the imperial troops in 1905.
Preposition: by
- weathervane: The bellcote has a pitched roof surmounted by a wrought iron weathervane.
- cupola: A two story main block had a central hall, surmounted by an octagonal cupola.
- spire: At one corner of the church is a tower, surmounted by a lofty spire.
- pediment: Single, central, canal loading arm in northern elevation, surmounted by a classical pediment.
- palisade: The first Norman castle was created between the prehistoric defenses: an earth bank surmounted by a timber palisade.
- finial: The gabled top is surmounted by a cross finial.
Browse dictionary entries near surmount
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