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UK
/mˈaʊntɪn/
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[ US /ˈmaʊntən/ ]
[ US /ˈmaʊntən/ ]
NOUN
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(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
a batch of letters
a slew of journalists
a lot of money
a wad of money
it must have cost plenty
a deal of trouble
he made a mint on the stock market - a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
How To Use mountain In A Sentence
- We were headed for the mountains
- We gave ourselves a mountain to climb. The Sun
- The elf cast a jaundiced eye over the blackened mountain, which was still oozing lava.
- They drifted into the control room and floated above the sensor-generated hologram of the “herd. †The “herd†consisted of approximately 3,000 mountain-sized blocks of ice that once were comet 2P/Encke. 365 tomorrows » 2006 » September : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
- I even dragged my acrophobic mother up mountains in the Auvergne, only to leave her quivering halfway up while I persevered alone to the top.
- In the Zirgana mountains large red deer softly returned their gaze from an apprehensive distance.
- On the tops of some mountains snow persists throughout the year.
- Winfrey interviewed Cruise at his mountaintop home near Telluride, Colorado, surrounded by the snow-capped Rocky Mountains.
- We may still be able to save Las Vegas, as it is encysted by libertarian Nevada... but San Francisco, I fear, is already seething with the RED VIRUS, which has spread to it's outer "Bay Area" provinces, such as Mountain View and other Silicon Valley cities. Obama's Commie Mama
- The forest all along the mountain curve was spotted with dots of red, yellow, purple and gold, trees just beginning to turn with the season.
