| NOUN | object | mountain, mount | a land mass that projects well above its surroundings |
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| quantity | mountain, batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent |
| Sounds | maw'ntahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill. | |
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| Synonym | mount | |
| Instances | Black Hills | mountains in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming |
| Parts | mountain peak | The summit of a mountain |
| mountainside, versant | The side or slope of a mountain | |
| Narrower | alp | Any high mountain |
| ben | A mountain or tall hill | |
| seamount | An underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor | |
| volcano | A mountain formed by volcanic material | |
| Broader | natural elevation, elevation | A raised or elevated geological formation |
| Spanish | montaña, monte | |
| Catalan | muntanya | |
| Adjectives | montane | of or inhabiting mountainous regions |
| mountainous | having hills and crags | |
| mountainous | containing many mountains | |
| Nouns | mountaineer | someone who climbs mountains |
| Meaning | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. | |
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| Synonyms | batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | |
| Narrower | flood, inundation, deluge, torrent | An overwhelming number or amount |
| haymow | A mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation | |
| Broader | large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount | An indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
| Spanish | avalancha, barbaridad, bestialidad, burrada, cantidad, cúmulo, enormidad, fajo, lote, mogollón, montaña, montón, multitud, passel, pila | |
| Catalan | apilament, apilotament, castell, cúmul, estiba, feix, lot, manyoc, muntanya, munt, passel, pila, pilot, quantitat, tou | |
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