| Mountain |
n. |
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. |
| Mountain |
n. |
A range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the White Mountains. |
| Mountain |
n. |
A mountainlike mass; something of great bulk. |
| Mountain |
a. |
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. |
| Mountain |
a. |
Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great. |
| Mountain specter |
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An optical phenomenon sometimes seen on the summit of mountains (as on the Brocken) when the observer is between the sun and a mass of cloud. The figures of the observer and surrounding objects are seen projected on the cloud, greatly enlarged and often encircled by rainbow colors. |
| Mountain State |
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Montana;
a nickname. |
| Mountaineer |
n. |
An inhabitant of a mountain; one who lives among mountains. |
| Mountaineer |
n. |
A rude, fierce person. |
| Mountaineer |
v. i. |
To lie or act as a mountaineer; to climb mountains. |
| Mountainer |
n. |
A mountaineer. |
| Mountainet |
n. |
A small mountain. |
| Mountainous |
a. |
Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss. |
| Mountainous |
a. |
Inhabiting mountains. |
| Mountainous |
a. |
Large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk; as, a mountainous heap. |
| Mountainousness |
n. |
The state or quality of being mountainous. |
