Mt. Rushmore
- proper noun
- /maʊnt ˈrʌʃmɔr/
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Monte Rushmore
- It's near Mt. Rushmore.
Examples
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Many tourists come to South Dakota specifically to take pictures in front of Mt. Rushmore each year.
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What's all this got to do with Mt. Rushmore?
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I've seen Mt. Rushmore.
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Chris Swenson, a busboy in the Mt. Rushmore cafeteria... ...stated that he heard voices raised in--
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...shot Mr. Kaplan twice in full view of horrified men, women and children... ...who had come to the park to see the famed Mt. Rushmore monument.
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During our road trip, we made sure to visit Mt. Rushmore to see the impressive sculptures of the four presidents.
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The national memorial at Mt. Rushmore attracts millions of visitors with its iconic depiction of U.S. leaders.
Synonyms
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A mountain in South Dakota with giant carved faces of four presidents
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A mountain in South Dakota with the carved faces of four US presidents
Surface Forms
Morphology
Mt. + Rushmore
The element 'Mt.' (Mount) transparently signals a mountain, so a learner who knows 'mount' can infer it's a geographic feature; however, 'Rushmore' is a proper name and the specific sense — a monument famous for colossal carved presidential likenesses — is world-knowledge that cannot be derived from the constituents. Because part of the meaning (that it is a mountain) is predictable but the defining monument/celebrity sense is not, the expression is partially transparent.
Etymology
Mt. Rushmore is a mountain where artists carved giant faces of four U.S. presidents into the rock. Those huge carved faces on the mountain made it a vivid symbol of 'American history' and 'leadership'.