Meaning of mountain | Babel Free

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1. A placename:
   countable, uncountable
2. A minor city in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States.
   countable, uncountable
3. a steam locomotive of the 4-8-2 wheel arrangement.
4. 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
5. An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States, originally named Mole Hill.
   countable, uncountable
6. make a mountain out of a molehill, to exaggerate a minor difficulty.
7. Something very large in size or quantity; a huge amount; a great heap.
   countable
8. A town and census-designated place therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States.
   countable, uncountable
9. A generally massive and usually steep-sided, raised portion of the Earth's surface. Mountains can occur as single peaks or as part of a long chain. They can form through volcanic activity, by erosion, or by the collision of two tectonic plates. The Himalayas, which are the highest mountains in the world, formed when the plate carrying the landmass of India collided with the plate carrying the landmass of China.
10. A difficult task or challenge.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
11. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Mountain Township.
    countable, uncountable
12. A mass of land higher than a hill and standing significantly above its surroundings. A mountain summit is small compared to its base.
13. Wine from Malaga made from grapes that grow on a mountain.
    historical, uncountable
14. A woman's large breast.
    countable, slang
15. A rural municipality in western Manitoba, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Mountain.
    countable, uncountable
16. a high hill. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world; (also adjective) a mountain stream. berg جَبَل планина montanha hora; horský der Berg; Gebirgs- bjerg; bjerg- βουνόmontaña mägi کوهستان vuori montagneהר पहाड़, पर्वत, गिरि planina hegy gunung fjall montagna; di montagna 山 산, 산악 kalnas; kalnų kalns; kalnu- gunung bergfjellgóra کوهستان montanha (de) munte гора hora; horský gora planina berg ภูเขา dağ 山 гора پہاڑ núi 山
    also adjective
17. The twenty-first Lenormand card.
    countable, uncountable
18. A hamlet near Queensbury, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0930).
    countable, uncountable
19. a type of birch tree. bergbeuk شَجَر البتولا الجَبَلي планинска бреза bétula horská bříza die Gebirgsbirke bjergbirk είδος σημύδας abedul tundrakask درخت فان tunturikoivu bouleau de montagne עֵץ תִּרזָה पर्वत भुर्ज planinska breza (nyírfaféle) sejenis pohon betulla montana かばの木の一種 자작나무 kalninis beržas kalnu bērzs sejenis pohon berkfjellbjørk brzoza górska د فان ونه горная берёза horská breza vrsta breze planinska breza fjällbjörk ต้นไม้ชนิดหนึ่ง dağ kayın ağacı 山樺樹 гірська береза ایک قسم کا ب...
20. A huge province in the Cordilleras composed of the subprovinces of Apayao, Amburayan, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, and Lepanto-Bontoc.
    countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable
21. a bicycle with wide tyres for riding over rough ground. bergfiets درّاجَه جَبَلِيَّه планинско колело mountain bike horské kolo das Mountainbike mountainbike ποδήλατο ανώμαλου δρόμου bicicleta de montaña mägijalgratas دوچرخه maastopyörä vélo tout terrain אוֹפנֵי הָרִים खुरदुरी जगहों पर चलने वाली मोटरसाइकल bicikl za vožnju u prirodi hegyikerékpár sepeda gunung mountain bike マウンテンバイク 산악 자전거 kalnų dviratis kalnu velosipēds basikal untuk menaiki gunung mountainbike, terreinfiets terrengsykkelrowe...
22. A surname.
    countable
23. a row of mountains. bergreeks سِلْسِلَه جَبَلِيَّه планинска верига cadeia de montanhas horský hřeben, pásmo der Gebirgskette bjergrække οροσειράcordillera, sierra mäestik رشته کوه jonovuoristo chaîne de montagnes רֶכֶס הָרִים पर्वतमाला, पर्वत श्रेणी planinski lanac hegylánc pegunungan sistema montuoso 山脈 산맥 kalnynas, kalnų grandinė kalnu grēda pergunungan bergketenfjellkjede pasmo górskie غر горная цепь horské pásmo pogorje planinski venac bergskedja เทือกเขา dağ silsilesi, sıra dağlar 山脈 гі...
24. The Montagnard party in the time of the French Revolution.
    countable, historical, uncountable, with-definite-article
25. a long raised surface along the top of a mountain. bergrug حافَّة جَبَليَّه било cume horský hřeben der Gebrigskranz bjergryg ράχη βουνού cumbre, cresta mäehari رشته تپه vuorenharjanne chaîne de montagnes רֶכֶס הָרִים पर्वतशिला visoravan hegygerinc puncak pegunungan valico 山の尾根 산등성이 kalnagūbris kalna kore puncak pergunungan bergkam, bergrugfjellrygg grzbiet górski تپه гребень горы horská vyvýšenina, horský hrebeň gorski greben planinski greben bergsrygg, -kam สันเขา dağ sırtı 山脈 гірський хреб...
26. a person who climbs mountains, especially with skill, or as his occupation. bergklimmer مُتَسَلِّق الجِبال планинар alpinista horolezec der/die Bergsteiger(in) bjergbestiger ορειβάτηςalpinista mägironija کوهستانى vuorikiipeilijä alpiniste מְטַפֵּס הָרִים पर्वतारोही planinar hegymászó pendaki gunung fjallgöngumaður alpinista 登山家 등산자 alpinistas alpīnists pendaki gunung bergbeklimmerfotturist; fjellklatrerwspinacz, alpinista غرنی alpinista alpinist альпинист horolezec alpinist planinar bergsbest...
    especially
27. mountain-climbing. bergklim تَسَلُّق الجِبال катерене alpinismo horolezectví das Bergsteigen bjergbestigning ορειβασίαalpinismo mägironimine کوهنوردى vuorikiipeily alpinisme טִיפּוּס הָרִים पर्वतारोहण planinarenje hegymászás pendakian gunung fjallganga alpinismo 登山 등산 alpinizmas alpīnisms pendakian gunung bergsport det å gå i fjellet; fjellklatringwspinaczka کوهنوردی alpinismo alpinism альпинизм horolezectvo alpinizem planinarenje bergsbestigning, -klättring การปีนเขา dağcılık 登山運動 альпінізм ...

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Examples

“Everest is the highest mountain in the world.”

“We spent the weekend hiking in the mountains.”

“We collected plant specimens from mountain meadows above 2000 meters.”

“My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.”

“Wherever a geologist directs his attention in the midst of a scene of mountains, traces of ruin and decay always meet his eye; and the lofty prominences of our globe, supposed to be the most permanent of nature's works, every where display unequivocal marks of the lapse and effects of time.”

“We walk’d together on the crown Of a high mountain which look’d down Afar from its proud natural towers Of rock and forest, on the hills— […]”

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

“There's still a mountain of work to do.”

“Iraq says the mountain of documentation it has provided to the United Nations shows it is innocent of harbouring weapons of mass destruction. America continues to maintain that it has evidence that this is a pack of lies.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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