mountain
An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit.
Example
“Everest is the highest mountain in the world.”
Other meanings
Something very large in size or quantity; a huge amount; a great heap.
“He was a real mountain of a man, standing seven feet tall.”
A difficult task or challenge.
Synonyms
- batch
- deal
- flock
- good deal
- heap
- lot
Related words
- mountain devil
- intramountain
- midmountain
- mountainboard
- mountained
- mountainer
- mountainet
- mountaingem
- mountainlike
- mountainness
- mountainward
- municycling
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "mōns" (montem).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “mountain” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.