Definitions for Mountain

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Mountain moun·tain

Spelling: [moun-tn]

IPA: /ˈmaʊn tn/

Mountain is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 237 anagrams from letters in Mountain (aimnnotu).

Definitions for Mountain

noun

1. a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 feet (610 meters).
2. a large mass of something resembling this, as in shape or size.
3. a huge amount:
4. (initial capital letter) a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, eight driving wheels, and a two-wheeled rear truck.
5. Also called mountain wine. British Archaic. a sweet Malaga wine.

Idioms

1. make a mountain out of a molehill. molehill (def 2).

adjective

1. of or relating to mountains:
2. living, growing, or located in the mountains:
3. resembling or suggesting a mountain, as in size.

Origin of Mountain

1175-1225; Middle English mountaine Old French montaigne Vulgar Latin *montānea, noun use of feminine of *montāneus, equivalent to Latin montān(us) mountainous (mont-, stem of mōns mountain +

Examples for Mountain

For years, William Schmidt single-handedly dug a tunnel through a mountain to transport his gold-rush loot.

He wants to know what mysteries this mountain hides from his eyes.

At Nicolosi their rest was disturbed by the distant booming of the mountain.

Then they came up against a police patrol on mountain bicycles, which again led to more shooting, without injuries.

Also in Germany, he made The mountain Eagle, which was set, Hitchcock recalled, “in Old Kentucky, wherever that might be.”

"You're going to get away from the mountain desert and go straight," said Allister.

His own life was as littered with hard deeds as the side of a mountain with boulders.

The lower parts of the mountain were covered with the nut-pine.

There were rumors that Schmidt was motivated by buried treasure or another secret of the mountain, but they were never proven.

Then, he set to work building a shortcut that would take the minable minerals he found through the mountain.