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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024moun•tain /ˈmaʊntən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Geographya natural high piece of land rising more or less quickly to a high point:We climbed up the mountain for several days.
- a large mass or heap;
pile:a mountain of papers on my desk. - a huge amount:a mountain of work to do.
adj. [before a noun] - of or relating to mountains:The mountain people are fiercely independent.
Idioms- Idioms make a mountain out of a molehill, to make a minor difficulty seem much worse than it really is:It's only a small bruise; don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024moun•tain (moun′tn),USA pronunciation n. - Geographya natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 ft. (610 m).
- a large mass of something resembling this, as in shape or size.
- a huge amount:a mountain of incoming mail.
- Rail Transport(cap.) a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, eight driving wheels, and a two-wheeled rear truck. See table under Whyte classification.
- Also called moun′tain wine′. [Brit. Archaic.]a sweet Malaga wine.
- make a mountain out of a molehill. See molehill (def. 2).
adj. - of or pertaining to mountains:mountain air.
- living, growing, or located in the mountains:mountain people.
- resembling or suggesting a mountain, as in size.
- Vulgar Latin *montānea, noun, nominal use of feminine of *montāneus, equivalent. to Latin montān(us) mountainous (mont-, stem of mōns mountain + -ānus -an) + -eus adjective, adjectival suffix
- Old French montaigne
- Middle English mountaine 1175–1225
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mountain /ˈmaʊntɪn/ n - a natural upward projection of the earth's surface, higher and steeper than a hill and often having a rocky summit
- (as modifier): mountain people, mountain scenery
- (in combination): a mountaintop
- a huge heap or mass: a mountain of papers
- anything of great quantity or size
- a surplus of a commodity, esp in the European Union: the butter mountain
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French montaigne, from Vulgar Latin montānea (unattested) mountainous, from Latin montānus, from mons mountain |