mountain
- noun
- /ˈmaʊntən/
- 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.
- I remember our first, our first mountain, Crystal Peak.
- And that's why, yeah, mountains are magical to me.
- And as he's going, he now sees mountains and a forest.
- Please live simply so that we in the mountains may simply live.
- It's like, OK, where's a mountain I haven't scaled yet?
- Places pushed up like mountains to erode and weather.
- We go to Knoxville flying the mountains in the dark.
- That's how I felt coming down those big effing mountains sliding down.
Examples
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What's the highest mountain on this island?
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Look at these beautiful giant mountains all around.
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Look at you at the top of the mountain and looking great folks.
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Wow, the difference in these mountains here is night and day.
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Snow has not yet covered the mountains that rise all around us.
Academic text (2011) -
That cave there, along the edge of the mountain.
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A lot of people can climb that mountain.
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Even in late spring, the mountains are blanketed in deep snow.
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The other is at an observatory high in the mountains of northern Chile.
Academic text (2011) -
Head for those mountains.
Synonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Treat a small problem as if it were very serious
Compounds
A large wild cat with light brown fur and a long tail that lives in mountains and forests
A sturdy bike with wide tires for riding on rough paths like hills and mountains
- US
A man who lives in the mountains or other wild places and can hunt and survive
- Informal
A very large pile of papers such as forms that you must complete
A large white animal with curved horns that walks easily on steep rocky slopes
- Specialized
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
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 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
- UK
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
- Australian
A tree with divided leaves, white spring flowers, and red or orange berries that attract birds
- Australian
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 small mountain plant with silvery leaves and white woolly flower heads
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
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
- Australian
A bushy Australian shrub with clusters of bright red flowers that attract birds
- Indian
A small Asian tree with hard dark wood and pink or white orchid-like flowers
A small evergreen shrub with tiny leaves and pink or purple flowers that grows on high mountain slopes
- Specialized
A large evergreen tree with very hard wood that grows on high mountain slopes
A small plant that lives for many years with scented leaves and small white flowers
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 wild orchid with white and pale purple slipper-shaped flowers that grows in shaded northern forests
A coastal tree with scented leaves, small flower clusters, olive-like fruit and hard wood
A medium-sized bird from western North America, larger than a California quail
A grass that animals eat in dry high places and plains of western North America and northern Mexico
How High
Surface Forms
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.