Definitions for Alps

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Spelling: [alps]
IPA: /ælps/

Alps is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 37 anagrams from letters in Alps (alps).

Definitions for Alps

noun

  1. a high mountain.

plural noun

  1. a mountain range in S Europe, extending from France through Switzerland and Italy into Austria, Slovenia, and Croatia. Highest peak, Mont Blanc, 15,781 feet (4810 meters).

Origin of Alps

First recorded in 1635-1645; back formation from Alps

Examples for Alps

To climb the Alps was the most difficult part of his long journey.

They must judge wisely and they must judge roundly—they must judge the Alps of junk straight out of existence.

And so the world was shocked and saddened to hear about his severe brain injury in the Alps last Sunday morning.

His lip curled once at the conceit that he was one of the Alps himself.

From the summit, when the air is clear, there are beautiful views of the Alps.

Then I realized [we were] outside of Italy when I recognized the Alps.

I wish I could see a chance of your crossing the Alps—is it on the cards?

Their vista of the snow-capped Andes suggests the Bavarian Alps and the view from Berchtesgaden.

Subirer, for example, is a small bitter pear that grows in the Alps, near Lech.

When she was at the summit of the Alps of fashion, she saw how little was to be seen.

Word Value for Alps
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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