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Mountain

//ˈmaʊn.tɪn// name, noun, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename:; A minor city in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename:; An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States, originally named Mole Hill. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Mountain Township. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename:; A rural municipality in western Manitoba, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Mountain. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename:; A hamlet near Queensbury, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0930). countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename:; A huge province in the Cordilleras composed of the subprovinces of Apayao, Amburayan, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, and Lepanto-Bontoc. countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable
  3. 8
    A surname. countable
  4. 9
    The Montagnard party in the time of the French Revolution. countable, historical, uncountable, with-definite-article
Noun
  1. 1
    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. countable

    "Everest is the highest mountain in the world."

  2. 2
    a steam locomotive of the 4-8-2 wheel arrangement.

    "Western Pacific wisely devoted its design energies to the articulateds which produced most of its gross, left the 4-6-0's that came with the road plus a few secondhand Florida East Coast Mountains for its sparse passenger service."

  3. 3
    a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill wordnet
  4. 4
    Something very large in size or quantity; a huge amount; a great heap. countable

    "He was a real mountain of a man, standing seven feet tall."

  5. 5
    (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent wordnet
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  1. 6
    A difficult task or challenge. countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "Five minutes into the game the Black Cats were facing a mountain, partly because of West Brom's newly-found ruthlessness in front of goal but also as a result of the home side's defensive generosity."

  2. 7
    Wine from Malaga made from grapes that grow on a mountain. historical, uncountable

    "Called on Courtenay, with whom I walked to Hampstead Heath, and got into excellent spirits, enjoying fine fresh air; then dined with him tête-a-tête on mutton broth and mackerel and drank mountain and old port moderately."

  3. 8
    A woman's large breast. countable, slang
  4. 9
    The twenty-first Lenormand card. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”). Displaced native Old English beorg and dūn, and partially displaced non-native Old English munt, from Latin mōns (whence English mount).

Etymology 2

From mountain.

Etymology 3

From mountain.

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