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[ moun-tn-top ] / ˈmaʊn tnˌtɒp /
nounthe top or summit of a mountain. adjectivesituated at the top or summit of a mountain: a mountaintop house. Origin of mountaintopFirst recorded in 1585–95; mountain + top1 Words nearby mountaintopmountainside, Mountain Standard Time, Mountain State, mountain system, Mountain time, mountaintop, Mountain View, mountain wave, mountain whitefish, mountain wind, mountainy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mountaintopSet on a mountaintop, the complex is layered, with platforms, walls, and other areas where people line up to watch those entering. Fighting Back With Faith: Inside the Yezidis’ Iraqi Temple|Michael Luongo|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Safe within his mountaintop fortress, Escobar grew bolder and more unscrupulous. Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens|Jeff Campagna|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST Listen, it takes a lot of effort to twirl energetically on a mountaintop and make it look good. ‘Sound of Music Live!’ Review: The Hills Are Barely Alive|Kevin Fallon|December 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST In the excerpt below, they detail the effects of coal mining in West Virginia, a state destroyed by mountaintop removal also. Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco Chronicle Mining Catastrophes in West Virginia|Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco|June 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He certainly looked the part, his long gray hair and beard like clouds around a mountaintop. The Fugitive Guru|Ben Crair|June 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST Shortly after passing the mountaintop Rick saw the town, obviously a very small one, and immediately swung slightly north again. The Blue Ghost Mystery|Harold Leland Goodwin The plane settled down on a landing strip that had been hewn from a mountaintop. The Golden Skull|John Blaine Now that the Ghibellini have stirred up the Filippeschi to make civil war, I am no longer safe on this mountaintop. The Saracen: The Holy War|Robert Shea The road climbed steadily toward the mountaintop city ahead. Double Take|Richard Wilson One summer, while three young people and I were spending an afternoon upon a mountaintop, our dogs treed a porcupine. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers|John Burroughs
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