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Definition of mountain :
1. 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.
2. A mountainlike mass; something of great bulk.
3. A range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the White Mountains.
4. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.
5. 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.
Synonyms:
kettle of fish, mound, plateau, can, flowerpot, people, smokestack, skunk, weighty, set, corporation, atomic pile, survey, big, masses, mickle, grass, toilet, sight, much, chaw, view, potentiometer, power, abundance, mess hall, multitude, lofty, setting, caboodle, commode, mountainous, throne, jam, sens, potful, raft, good deal, push-down storage, highland, above the snow line, plenty, world, plenteousness, lot, mass, cumulus, crapper, gage, plentitude, plentifulness, troop, backing, surge, potbelly, cumulation, weed, big bucks, deal, pot, bank, freshet, hand, push-down list, isolated, riding horse, bargain, volume, mint, band, snow-capped, piling, above the timber line, smoke, barrel, batch, bunch, order, visual sense, down, pile, passel, agglomerate, chain reactor, plenitude, hoi polloi, steep, push-down stack, upsurge, stilt, shock, profusion, business deal, locoweed, dope, kitty, elevated, spile, quid, rush, wad, fate, tumble, hatful, peck, portion, bay window, the great unwashed, mint candy, draw, stool, megabucks, flock, great deal, fold, ski-country, clutch, hole, tidy sum, visual modality, mess, destiny, fix, jackpot, saddle horse, big money, muddle, bus, wealth, voltaic pile, circumstances, green goddess, messiness, mussiness, upland, softwood, trade, slew, drift, potty, muss, bundle, heap, quite a little, climb, ken, atomic reactor, circle, muckle, vision, chew, sess, push-down store, broken, spate, galvanic pile, nap, luck, pickle, stack, pack, cud, fortune, bulk, tummy, plug, agglomeration, jalopy
mountain (part of speech: noun)
hump, mount, hill, alp, peak, sierra, range
Usage examples:
- Camp on mountain . - "How I Found Livingstone", Sir Henry M. Stanley.
- The 'kaiserlichs' surround the mountain already; but no matter, I have a good horse, and, besides, I have always been lucky. - "The Invasion of France in 1814", Émile Erckmann Alexandre Chatrian.
- " Well, 'tis certain sure no one would pass the night with you, miss, on any mountain top," she observed grimly. - "The Vision of Desire", Margaret Pedler.