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.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
“Everest is the highest mountain in the world.”
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.
The twenty-first Lenormand card.
Etymology
From Middle English mountayne, mountain, montaigne, from Anglo-Norman muntaine, muntaigne, from Early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem (“mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *monti (compare Welsh mynydd (“mountain”), Albanian mat (“bank, shore”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬙𐬌 (mati, “promontory”)), from *men- (“to project, stick out”).
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MOUNTAIN at a glance
MOUNTAIN has 8 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (M 3 + O 1 + U 1 + N 1 + T 1 + A 1 + I 1 + N 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,862 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with mountain
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