mountaintop

noun

moun·​tain·​top ˈmau̇n-tᵊn-ˌtäp How to pronounce mountaintop (audio)
Synonyms of mountaintopnext
: the summit of a mountain

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Long, epic, and ambitious in scale, the series turns living rooms into coral reefs, arctic circles, and mountaintops. Tomris Laffly, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025 Rather than a continuous ice sheet, all that remained were high ice caps and glaciers on or near mountaintops. Keiji Horikawa, The Conversation, 22 Dec. 2025 This roughly 4-mile out-and-back trail starts on the refuge’s southwestern side and climbs through the hills and above the Sweetwater Reservoir before reaching the mountaintop, where there is an American flag and one honoring prisoners of war and those missing in action. Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2025 Moskowitz has reported live from rocket launches, space shuttle liftoffs and landings, suborbital spaceflight training, mountaintop observatories, and more. Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mountaintop

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First Known Use

circa 1522, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mountaintop was circa 1522

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“Mountaintop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mountaintop. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.

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mountaintop

noun
moun·​tain·​top ˈmau̇nt-ᵊn-ˌtäp How to pronounce mountaintop (audio)
: the peak of a mountain

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