1
: a high rugged mountain
2
: something suggesting an alp in height, size, or ruggedness
Examples of alp in a Sentence
an adventurer who has scaled alps, explored ocean depths, and flown into the stratosphere
Recent Examples on the Web
In a quaint village nestled high in the Swiss alps, an enigmatic domed building towers above the sloped rooftops.
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Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
The range is equivalent in size and shape to the Swiss alps.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2025
Between 24 and seven million years ago, shifting tectonic plates caused to alps to rise up and caused the collapse of the valley floor, allowing water from the Mediterranean to enter.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2025
Stay Here: Six Senses Crans-Montana offers guests the opportunity to learn the secrets of traditional cheesemaking in the alps, where everything is completed by hand.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
Zurich is nestled in the swiss alps and Alex and his brother Aldo would grow up literally learning to ski in their backyard.
—Tim Genske, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
The Sound of Music where the camera swoops over the Austrian alps and zeros in on a distant Julie Andrews dancing in a mountain meadow.
—New Atlas, 12 Jan. 2025
The large lake nuzzles its way deep down among the jagged and snowy alps, straddling the border of Italy and Switzerland.
—Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 16 July 2024
Ten days of winding your way through the alps, averaging a couple of hundred miles a day.
—Henry Everingham, SPIN, 27 Feb. 2024
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Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
The range is equivalent in size and shape to the Swiss alps.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2025
Between 24 and seven million years ago, shifting tectonic plates caused to alps to rise up and caused the collapse of the valley floor, allowing water from the Mediterranean to enter.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2025
Stay Here: Six Senses Crans-Montana offers guests the opportunity to learn the secrets of traditional cheesemaking in the alps, where everything is completed by hand.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
Zurich is nestled in the swiss alps and Alex and his brother Aldo would grow up literally learning to ski in their backyard.
—Tim Genske, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
The Sound of Music where the camera swoops over the Austrian alps and zeros in on a distant Julie Andrews dancing in a mountain meadow.
—New Atlas, 12 Jan. 2025
The large lake nuzzles its way deep down among the jagged and snowy alps, straddling the border of Italy and Switzerland.
—Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 16 July 2024
Ten days of winding your way through the alps, averaging a couple of hundred miles a day.
—Henry Everingham, SPIN, 27 Feb. 2024
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“Alp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alp. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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alp
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: a high rugged mountain
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