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mountain
/ˈmaʊn.t(ə)n/
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What does mountain mean?
noun
- An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit.
- Something very large in size or quantity; a huge amount; a great heap.
- (figuratively) A difficult task or challenge.
More meanings (13)
noun
- (slang) A woman's large breast.
- The twenty-first Lenormand card.
- A steam locomotive of the 4-8-2 wheel arrangement.
- (historical) Wine from Malaga made from grapes that grow on a mountain.
proper noun
- A minor city in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States, originally named Mole Hill.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Mountain Township.
- A rural municipality in western Manitoba, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Mountain.
- A hamlet near Queensbury, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0930).
- A surname.
- (historical, obsolete) A huge province in the Cordilleras composed of the subprovinces of Apayao, Amburayan, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, and Lepanto-Bontoc.
- (historical) The Montagnard party in the time of the French Revolution.
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IPA pronunciation
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It is a cavern hollowed out of a mountain in the vicinity, which communicates, by means of a well, with his rooms.
We descended the mountain rapidly, and, the mineral forest once passed, I saw the lantern of the Nautilus shining like a star.
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The backwoodsman, early settler, pioneer plainsman, mountain man were all like some infuriated beast of Promethean capabilities tearing at its own vitals.
This was the bloom-time, the summer of the cloud, and never before have I seen even a mountain cloud flowering so profusely.
At the summit of the steep mountain was a triangular platform, defended by a breastwork, behind which were seventy of the foe.