Meaning of high country | Babel Free

Definitions

Terrain that is at a relatively high elevation — generally, higher than foothills but not above the timberline — consisting of mountainous areas or elevated expanses of plain.

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Examples

“Near-synonyms: highlands, upcountry, upland; plateau, tableland, mesa”

“We had topped the high country, too, and had started down the other side of the mountains that ran out on the promontory.”

“While Lookout Mountain was the loftiest summit, some of the other ridges rose almost as high. . . . September had now come⟳ and the winds were growing crisper in the high country.”

“I grew up in Washington State, and have⟳ hiked the high country since I was a boy scout in the '60s.”

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