mountaintop
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈmaʊntɪnˌtɑp/
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- After a long hike, we finally reached the mountaintop and enjoyed the breathtaking view.
- remote mountaintop
- clouds on a mountaintop
- a mountaintop observatory
Well, this turn goes to the mountaintop, I suppose.
- Well, this turn goes to the mountaintop, I suppose.
- And we went fishing up on this like kind of small mountaintop or this like really high hill.
- Because you, you go to the, these remote mountaintops and it's such a magical environment.
- And these people, if you are watching, let me say it loud and clear from the very tallest mountaintop.
- And they got intelligence that on this mountaintop is a Taliban encampment and their job was to deal with them.
- How careful Laura's like I'm using this specially sourced tea from a mountaintop in Nepal where only virgin goats would ever go to have sex for the first time.
- I look at you tons of fans and they're like, he's young, He's not this old guy, this freaking guy in a mountaintop in Oregon.
Examples
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If your valley is deep, if your valley is deep and dark, then that means your mountaintop is bright and high.
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Stand among the clouds on a mountaintop, and you can feel their moisture.
Academic text (2007) -
We come at last, returning home to mark this mountaintop moment.
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And we went fishing up on this like kind of small mountaintop or this like really high hill.
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You want to keep climbing because the mountaintop never runs out.
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I'm headed back to the mountaintop.
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And he stopped on the highest mountaintop to show his son the far-off ocean.
Fiction book (1997) -
What path they had taken to reach the mountaintop unseen, no one knew.
Fiction book (1990) -
Parachuting onto the mountaintop is nothing; climbing up to it is everything.
Academic text (2011) -
The land between Iste's camp and the mountaintop was rocky and raw, relentlessly cold, but solid.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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2.1
The highest point something reaches, like a mountain or an achievement
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3.6
The highest point of a hill or mountain
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4.1
The top part of something, for example the raised middle of a road
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3.9
The highest part of a hill, mountain or road
11
3.7
The top level that something reaches
4
1.8
The pointed top of a mountain that is the highest part
4
6.3
A high pointed rock that forms a peak
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4.2
The top part of a long narrow hill or mountain
1
3.5
The very top point of something like a tree or mountain
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7.2
The highest point of something, like a mountain or pyramid
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Etymology
Mountaintop comes from mountain, meaning 'big hill', and top, meaning the 'highest part'. So mountaintop is the highest point or summit of a mountain.