HyperDic: mountain_pass

English > 1 sense of the expression mountain pass:
NOUNobjectmountain pass, pass, notchthe location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
English > mountain pass: 1 sense > noun 1, object
MeaningThe location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks.
Synonymspass, notch
InstancesBrenner PassAn Alpine mountain pass connecting Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy that has long been a route for trade and for invasions
Cumberland GapA pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west
Donner PassA mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe
Khyber PassA mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan
Part ofrange, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountainsA series of hills or mountains
Narrowercol, gapA pass between mountain peaks
defile, gorgeA narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
saddleback, saddleA pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
BroaderlocationA point or extent in space
Spanishpaso, puerto de montaña, puerto
Catalancollada, osca, pas, port de muntanya, port

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