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mountaintop

mountaintop

46 2.5
The highest point of a mountain
  • 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.

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Examples

  • If your valley is deep, if your valley is deep and dark, then that means your mountaintop is bright and high.

  • 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.

  • And we went fishing up on this like kind of small mountaintop or this like really high hill.

  • You want to keep climbing because the mountaintop never runs out.

  • I'm headed back to the mountaintop.

  • 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

peak
vsmountaintop
368 2.1

The highest point something reaches, like a mountain or an achievement

is limited to the physical highest point of a mountain
summit
vsmountaintop
89 3.6

The highest point of a hill or mountain

has the identical meaning but is the more informal compound term
crown
vsmountaintop
47 4.1

The top part of something, for example the raised middle of a road

is restricted to the highest point of a mountain specifically
crest
vsmountaintop
34 3.9

The highest part of a hill, mountain or road

is the top specifically on a mountain rather than other features
highest point
vsmountaintop
11 3.7

The top level that something reaches

applies specifically to the top location on a mountain
mountain peak
vsmountaintop
4 1.8

The pointed top of a mountain that is the highest part

is the same highest location described by a general compound name
pinnacle
vsmountaintop
4 6.3

A high pointed rock that forms a peak

is the overall summit rather than a single pointed rock feature
ridgetop
vsmountaintop
1 4.2

The top part of a long narrow hill or mountain

is the highest point of the whole mountain rather than a ridge
tiptop
vsmountaintop
1 3.5

The very top point of something like a tree or mountain

is the standard geographic term rather than a casual expression
vertex
vsmountaintop
1 7.2

The highest point of something, like a mountain or pyramid

is the common geographical term rather than a technical label

How High

summit
89 3.6
mountaintop
46 2.5
hilltop
22 1.5
knoll
20 7.2

Surface Forms

mountaintop singular
mountaintops plural

Morphology

mountaintop = mountain + top (transparent) = mountain + top

A straightforward compound of 'mountain' + 'top' whose meaning (summit) is directly inferable from its parts.

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.