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mountain

mountain

1.0
A very high area of land with steep sides and a top
  • noun
  • /ˈmaʊntən/
translation icon : montaña
  • The hikers reached the summit of the mountain just as the sun was setting.
  • a mountain range
  • top of a mountain
  • mountain peak

I remember our first, our first mountain, Crystal Peak.

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Examples

  • What's the highest mountain on this island?

  • Look at these beautiful giant mountains all around.

  • Look at you at the top of the mountain and looking great folks.

  • Wow, the difference in these mountains here is night and day.

  • Snow has not yet covered the mountains that rise all around us.

    Academic text (2011)
  • That cave there, along the edge of the mountain.

  • A lot of people can climb that mountain.

  • Even in late spring, the mountains are blanketed in deep snow.

  • The other is at an observatory high in the mountains of northern Chile.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Head for those mountains.

Synonyms

elevation
vsmountain
42 4.2

Height of a place above sea level

is a very large natural rise that is higher and steeper than a hill
mount
vsmountain
9 3.4

A large hill or mountain that rises above land

is a much larger and steeper rise than that land mass

Idioms

Treat a small problem as if it were very serious

Compounds

26 2.5

A large wild cat with light brown fur and a long tail that lives in mountains and forests

A long line of connected mountains that forms a high area

20 2.7

A sturdy bike with wide tires for riding on rough paths like hills and mountains

An activity of going up tall mountains using ropes and other equipment

A low route through mountains that people or vehicles use

7 6.5

A man who lives in the mountains or other wild places and can hunt and survive

A person who goes up mountains as a sport

A large rare ape that lives in mountain forests in central Africa

The pointed top of a mountain that is the highest part

2 3.5

A very large pile of papers such as forms that you must complete

A path in the mountains for walking or hiking

1 2.7

A large white animal with curved horns that walks easily on steep rocky slopes

1 5.2

A very difficult task that you must overcome

A mountain with its top and sides covered in snow

A long line of high land with many connected peaks

mountain sickness
  • Specialized
1 4.7

A feeling of sickness, dizziness, and difficulty breathing in high places

A time zone seven hours behind Greenwich Mean Time used in US and Canadian mountain states

1 3.8

Time used in parts of the United States and Canada, for example Denver

A wild sheep with big curved horns that lives in the mountains of western North America

A large Swiss working dog with long black, brown, and white fur that is gentle and loyal

A tea made from the leaves of a plant with yellow flowers that people use as medicine

A low green bush from the western United States with small leaves and purple flowers

A small bushy pine from central Europe with short bright green needles in pairs

A low partly evergreen plant with small white or pink flowers used as ground cover

A North American tree with leaves made of several small sections and clusters of bright red berries

A long group of mountains in Bulgaria that runs from Serbia to the Black Sea

A small tree from Europe and Asia with leaves made of many small leaflets and clusters of orange-red berries

A plant with bright red flower clusters that grows in the southern United States and eastern Mexico

A small bush that stays green all year with white bell-shaped flowers

A small mountain plant with silky leaves and bluish-white flowers

A birch tree with brownish bark that grows in western United States mountains

A large shiny black snake found in North American mountains that is harmless to people

A plant with thin leaves and small pouches that grows in cracks in mountain rocks

A small bush that grows in mountains and has sour berries you can eat

9.9

A low evergreen shrub from North America and Eurasia with small white flowers and red berries

A small animal from South American mountains with very soft thick fur that people often keep as a pet

A low evergreen shrub that spreads along the ground with white flowers in cold mountains

A low evergreen shrub that spreads on mountain slopes and makes pink flowers

A tree that grows by streams on wet slopes with smooth bark and oval leaves

A small bushy maple with bright red leaves in autumn

mountain ash
  • Australian
5.0

A tree with divided leaves, white spring flowers, and red or orange berries that attract birds

mountain ash
  • Australian
7.7

A very tall Australian tree with strong wood often used for furniture and building

A large rodent active at night that digs burrows in forests on the Pacific coast of North America

A climbing plant with waxy purplish-blue flowers

Weather in mountains that is colder and changes often

A small mountain plant with silvery leaves and white woolly flower heads

6.7

A fern that grows in European mountains and has leaves that smell like lemon or balsam

A small evergreen shrub with glossy leaves and small white bell-shaped flowers

mountain fever
  • Specialized
7.3

A disease from tick bites that causes fever and a spotted rash

A leafy wildflower with light purple flowers that open in the evening and last into the next morning

A small evergreen plant that looks like a tiny fir tree and grows in cold northern places

A low evergreen shrub from northern places that makes small tart red berries

A small plant with tiny white flowers that grows on mountain slopes

mountain devil
  • Australian
9.9

A bushy Australian shrub with clusters of bright red flowers that attract birds

mountain devil
  • Australian
9.9

A small spiky Australian lizard that eats mainly ants

9.6

A small Asian tree with hard dark wood and pink or white orchid-like flowers

A low bush with dark green leaves that stay all year and blue-black berries

A small evergreen shrub with tiny leaves and pink or purple flowers that grows on high mountain slopes

mountain hemlock
  • Specialized
7.7

A large evergreen tree with very hard wood that grows on high mountain slopes

A small tree with many branches and bright red leaves in autumn

7.0

A small plant that lives for many years with scented leaves and small white flowers

A large shaggy antelope with long horns that lives in the mountains of Ethiopia

A tall tree with hard, heavy wood that grows on mountains

A large animal like a rat from western South America living in holes with spotted fur eaten for meat

A small fern with bright green leaves like parsley that grows on rocky mountain slopes

A plant that lives many years with tall stems and white or pink flowers

A wild orchid with white and pale purple slipper-shaped flowers that grows in shaded northern forests

mountain lily
  • New Zealand
7.2

A plant with large white flowers that grows in mountains

An evergreen shrub with shiny leaves and clusters of pink or white flowers

A coastal tree with scented leaves, small flower clusters, olive-like fruit and hard wood

A plant with feathery leaves that grows in damp, shaded mountain areas

A medium-sized bird from western North America, larger than a California quail

8.1

A grass that animals eat in dry high places and plains of western North America and northern Mexico

How High

summit
89 3.6
peak
368 2.1
mountain
1.0
hill
1.0
mound
40 1.7

Surface Forms

mountain singular
mountains plural

Etymology

Mountain comes from an old word mons that meant 'hill' or 'mount'. It is like the verb mount, which means 'to get up' or 'to climb', so a mountain is a very high place you can climb.