Mountain

Mountain Meanings:

• A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an eminence higher than a hill; a mount
• A range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the White Mountains
• A mountainlike mass; something of great bulk; a large quantity
• Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer
• Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmaʊn.tɪn/
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -aʊntɪn, (General American) -aʊntən
• (countable) 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. Everest is the highest mountain in the world. We spent the weekend hiking in the mountains.
• (countable) Something very large in size or quantity; a huge amount; a great heap.
• (figuratively) A difficult task or challenge.
• (uncountable, now historical) Wine from Malaga made from grapes that grow on a mountain.
• (countable, slang) A woman's large breast.
• “mountain”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “mountain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Mountain in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)