Definitions of mountain [ˈmaʊn tn]

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Definition of 'mountain'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) mountain
a natural elevation of land rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill.

2.  mountain
a large mass or heap; pile.

3.  mountain
a huge amount:
a mountain of mail.

4. (adj.) mountain
of or pertaining to mountains.

5.  mountain
living, growing, or located in the mountains.

6.  mountain
resembling or suggesting a mountain, as in size.

7.  mountain
make a mountain out of a molehill, to exaggerate a minor difficulty.

Etymology: (1175–1225; < OF montaigne < VL *montānea, der. of *montāneus= L montān(us) mountainous (mont-, s. of mōns mountain +-ānus -an¹) +-eus adj. suffix)

Definition of 'mountain'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) mountain, mount
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

2. (noun) batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"

Definition of 'mountain'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) mountain
a very high, often pointed, area of land
I love to hike in the mountains.; a mountain range

2. mountain
a big pile or large amount of sth
a mountain of sandwiches; a mountain of questions

3. mountain
make a mountain out of a molehill
to behave as if sth is more serious than it is; = overreact
Stop making mountains out of molehills!

Definition of 'mountain'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) mountain
of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer

2. (adj) mountain
like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great

3. (noun) mountain
a large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an eminence higher than a hill; a mount

4. (noun) mountain
a range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the White Mountains

5. (noun) mountain
a mountainlike mass; something of great bulk

Translation of 'mountain'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

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Afrikaans: berg	Arabic: جَبَل	Bulgarian: планина
Brazilian: montanha	Czech: hora; horský	German: der Berg; Gebirgs-
Danish: bjerg; bjerg-	Greek: βουνό	Spanish: montaña
Estonian: mägi	Farsi: کوهستان	Finnish: vuori
French: (de) montagne	Hebrew: הַר	Hindi: पहाड़, पर्वत, गिरि
Croatian: planina	Hungarian: hegy	Indonesian: gunung
Icelandic: fjall	Italian: montagna; di montagna	Japanese: 山
Korean: 산, 산악	Lithuanian: kalnas; kalnų	Latvian: kalns; kalnu-
Malay: gunung	Dutch: berg	Norwegian: fjell
Polish: góra	Persian: کوهستان	Pashto: کوهستان
Portuguese: montanha	Romanian: (de) munte	Russian: гора
Slovak: hora; horský	Slovenian: gora	Serbian: planina
Swedish: berg	Thai: ภูเขา	Turkish: dağ
Taiwanese: 山	Ukrainian: гора	Urdu: پہاڑ
Vietnamese: núi	Chinese: 山
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