Mountainous
Word: mountainousMountainous Meanings:
- Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss
- Inhabiting mountains
- Large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk; as, a mountainous heap
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmaʊn.tɪn.əs/
- (US, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmaʊn.tən.əs/, , ,
- Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.
- (figurative, of a problem or task) Very difficult.
- (obsolete) Inhabiting mountains; hence, barbarous.