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Synonyms for mountain
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : moun-tn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmaʊn tn |
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Définition of mountain
Origin :- c.1200, from Old French montaigne (Modern French montagne), from Vulgar Latin *montanea "mountain, mountain region," noun use of fem. of *montaneus "of a mountain, mountainous," from Latin montanus "mountainous, of mountains," from mons (genitive montis) "mountain" (see mount (n.)).
- Until 18c., applied to a fairly low elevation if it was prominent (e.g. Sussex Downs, the hills around Paris). As an adjective from late 14c. Mountain dew "raw and inferior whiskey" first recorded 1839; earlier a type of Scotch whiskey (1816); Jamieson's 1825 "Supplement" to his Scottish dictionary defines it specifically as "A cant term for Highland whisky that has paid no duty." Mountain-climber recorded from 1839; mountain-climbing from 1836.
- noun very large hill
- He wants to know what mysteries this mountain hides from his eyes.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- "You're going to get away from the mountain desert and go straight," said Allister.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The lower parts of the mountain were covered with the nut-pine.
- Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
- At Nicolosi their rest was disturbed by the distant booming of the mountain.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- His own life was as littered with hard deeds as the side of a mountain with boulders.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The mountain in the sunset had stopped the five couriers in a conversation.
- Extract from : « To be Read at Dusk » by Charles Dickens
- That mountain wall, impracticable as it seems, we have to scale.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- They went swiftly with their eyes on the ground by the north gate to the mountain.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- Next thing they'll be asking about mountain lions and rattlesnakes.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- "Been rolling that to the top of the mountain," he said lightly.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
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