Definitions for Mountain
ˈmaʊn tnMoun·tain

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. mountain, mount(noun)

   a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

2. 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(noun)

   (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"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. mountain(Noun)

   A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, usually given by geographers as above 1000 feet in height (or 304.8 metres), though such masses may still be described as hills in comparison with larger mountains.

2. mountain(Noun)

   A large amount.

   There's still a mountain of work to do.

3. mountain(Noun)

   A difficult task or challenge.

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Mountain(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [OE. mountaine, montaine, F. montagne, LL. montanea, montania, fr. L. mons, montis, a mountain; cf. montanus belonging to a mountain. See 1st Mount.]

2. Mountain(noun)

   a range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the White Mountains

   Etymology: [OE. mountaine, montaine, F. montagne, LL. montanea, montania, fr. L. mons, montis, a mountain; cf. montanus belonging to a mountain. See 1st Mount.]

3. Mountain(noun)

   a mountainlike mass; something of great bulk

   Etymology: [OE. mountaine, montaine, F. montagne, LL. montanea, montania, fr. L. mons, montis, a mountain; cf. montanus belonging to a mountain. See 1st Mount.]

4. Mountain(adj)

   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

   Etymology: [OE. mountaine, montaine, F. montagne, LL. montanea, montania, fr. L. mons, montis, a mountain; cf. montanus belonging to a mountain. See 1st Mount.]

5. Mountain(adj)

   like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great

   Etymology: [OE. mountaine, montaine, F. montagne, LL. montanea, montania, fr. L. mons, montis, a mountain; cf. montanus belonging to a mountain. See 1st Mount.]

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1. Mountain

   A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill. Mountains are formed through tectonic forces or volcanism. These forces can locally raise the surface of the earth by over 10,000 feet. Mountains erode slowly through the action of rivers, weather conditions, and glaciers. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in huge mountain ranges. High elevations on mountains produce colder climates than at sea level. These colder climates strongly affect the ecosystem of mountains: different elevations have different plants and animals. Because of the less hospitable terrain and climate, mountains tend to be used less for agriculture and more for resource extraction and recreation, such as mountain climbing. The highest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest in the Himalayas of Asia, whose summit is 8,849.868 m above mean sea level. The highest known mountain on any planet in the Solar System is Olympus Mons on Mars at 21,171 m.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Mountain

   mownt′ān, or -′in, n. a high hill: anything very large: a wine made from mountain grapes: the extreme party in the French Revolution (see Montagnard).—adj. of or relating to a mountain: growing or dwelling on a mountain.—ns. Mount′ain-ash, the rowan-tree, with bunches of red berries, common on mountains; Mount′ain-blue, blue carbonate of copper; Mount′ain-bram′ble, the cloudberry; Mount′ain-cat, a catamount, a wild-cat; Mount′ain-chain, a number of mountains connected together in one line; Mount′ain-cork, Mount′ain-leath′er, a very light and whitish variety of asbestos; Mount′ain-deer, the chamois; Mount′ain-dew, whisky.—adj. Mount′ained.—ns. Mountaineer′, an inhabitant of a mountain: a climber of mountains: a rustic; Mountaineer′ing, the practice of climbing mountains; Mount′ain-flax, a fibrous asbestos; Mount′ain-lime′stone (geol.), a series of limestone strata separating the Old Red Sandstone from the coal-measures; Mount′ain-līon, the cougar; Mount′ain-milk, a spongy carbonate of lime.—adj. Mount′ainous, full of mountains: large as a mountain: huge.—ns. Mount′ain-rice, an awnless rice grown without irrigation on the Himalayas, &c.; Mount′ain-sheep, the bighorn of the Rocky Mountains; Mount′ain-soap, a greasy clay-like mineral, a kind of halloysite—also Rock-soap; Mount′ain-tall′ow, a mineral substance, called also Hatchettite; Mount′ain-tea, the American evergreen, Gaultheria procumbens.—Old man of the mountain, a popular name for the chief of the 11th century Hashshāshīn (see Assassin). [O. Fr. montaine—Low L. montana, a mountain—L. montanus—mons, montis.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. mountain

   An Anglo-Saxon term still in use, usually held to mean eminences above 1000 feet in height. In a fort it means the cavalier (which see).

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. mountain

   A type of land in a specific shape.

   There are so many beautiful mountains in the world.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 24, 2020  

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Etymology and Origins(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Mountain

   The extremists of the Democratic party in France during the Reign of Terror, so called because they occupied the elevated benches in the House of Convention.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Mountain' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2592

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Mountain' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3628

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Mountain' in Nouns Frequency: #692

Anagrams for Mountain »

1. antimuon

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mountain in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mountain in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Mountain in a Sentence

1. Nicoli Kail-Lee:

   When you are afraid of heights, the valleys look better than the mountain tops.

2. James Archinaco:

   He came up, and he was like, 'Mr. Jason, you have a mountain lion in your house!' And that's where it all started.

3. Leslie West:

   Fenders are for cars. Leslie West Mountain

4. Michael Avenatti:

   If you gonna go climb a mountain, that you've never climbed before, or a mountain it's really important for you to summit... Do you want a guy, do you want a guide that says to you: - You know, I don't know if we gonna be able to get up to face that mountain. Or do you wanna guy who looks you in the eye and says: - Let's go! We're gonna go climb this mountain?! (...) Well, here's what I'll say if I was going to take somebody up a side of a mountain I'd make sure we summited.

5. Bryony Frost:

   I don't set goals or say, I'm going to beat this person or win that race, it's The Festival and such a rare thing to win. If you look at the top of the mountain, it's a long way up but if you take it step by step then you will keep going up. If you only make it half way, well you've still done well and if you get to the top, only then you can take in the view.

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