English > mountain pass: 1 sense > noun 1, object| Meaning | The location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks. |
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| Synonyms | pass, notch |
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| Instances | Brenner Pass | An Alpine mountain pass connecting Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy that has long been a route for trade and for invasions |
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| Cumberland Gap | A pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west |
| Donner Pass | A mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe |
| Khyber Pass | A mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan |
| Part of | range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains | A series of hills or mountains |
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| Narrower | col, gap | A pass between mountain peaks |
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| defile, gorge | A narrow pass (especially one between mountains) |
| saddleback, saddle | A pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle) |
| Broader | location | A point or extent in space |
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| Spanish | paso, puerto de montaña, puerto |
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| Catalan | collada, osca, pas, port de muntanya, port |
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