mount
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- noun
- /maʊnt/
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montaña
- The hikers reached the summit of Mount Everest after a challenging climb.
They chose the Temple Mount, not the Christian sites.
- They chose the Temple Mount, not the Christian sites.
- And he's like, I went to Mount Lebanon and that was it.
- Well, I liken it to climb in Mount Kilimanjaro.
- OK, Yeah, but but the the dude climbed Mount Everest in his shorts.
- Now he, Sanders, is trying to get to Mount Mount Royal.
- I mean, climbing Mount Everest I have negative.
- Speed boat, Mount Fuji, snow capped mountain.
- But before we do right, would you would you take the climbing Mount Everest memory pill?
Examples
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Well, today's gospel reading from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount gives us a sort of battle plan.
Blog text (25) -
ALL NATURAL COCOA BEANS FROM THE UPPER SLOPES OF MOUNT NICARAGUA.
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Here... in the Mount of the LORD it shall be provided.
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" Tell me, what the hell happened on the Mount? "
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It's the top of mount Evans.
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This is a sat-nav map Of mount Lincoln.
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Elijah fled to the mount of God.
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The Jews received another site on the mount for a synagogue in compensation for the expropriated building.
Academic text (2013) -
I will sit enthroned on this mount of assembly... on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain, and it has come to pass.
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It came to pass the philistines sent word to Saul, challenging Israel to battle at mount gilboa.
Synonyms
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A very high area of land with steep sides and a top
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Compounds
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The highest mountain in the world on the border between Nepal and China, rising about 8,848 meters
- Literature
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A long talk by Jesus that gives key moral teachings in the Bible books Matthew and Luke
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A mountain in southern Sinai that people believe is where Moses received the Ten Commandments
- Literature
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The highest mountain in Greece that ancient Greeks thought was the home of the Greek gods
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The highest mountain in Africa, in northeastern Tanzania, that rises to 5,895 meters
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A tall mountain in south-central Alaska that is the highest peak in North America
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A volcano near Naples in southern Italy famous for its AD 79 eruption that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum
A mountain ridge by the Mediterranean Sea in northern Israel with important biblical history
Former official name of Tajikistan's highest peak, now called Ismoil Somoni Peak
- New Zealand
A New Zealand plant with large white flowers that comes back each year in mountains
The second highest mountain in the world on the border of Pakistan and China, called K2
- Literature
A mountain in central Greece linked with poetry, music and artistic inspiration
- Literature
A mountain in Jordan where Moses saw the Promised Land, also used as the name for hills and parks
A national park in Washington state with a high volcano, glaciers, and mountain lakes
- Specialized
A system that lets computers write files to writable CDs in the background and fix bad parts on the disc
The highest mountain in Mexico, an inactive volcano between Mexico City and Veracruz
A Roman Catholic religious group that dates from the 1100s and is devoted to the Virgin Mary and prayer
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Etymology
Mount meaning a large hill comes from Latin mons which means 'hill' or 'mountain', the same root as in mountain. That's why a 'mount' is a high piece of land above the area around it.