mountain
noun
moun·tain
ˈmau̇n-tᵊn 
often attributive
1
a
: a landmass that projects conspicuously above its surroundings and is higher than a hill
The sun set behind the mountains.
b
: an elongated ridge
2
a
: a great mass
a mountain of a man—
E. K. Brown
E. K. Brown
b
: a vast number or quantity
a mountain of mail
a mountain of debt
Examples of mountain in a Sentence
She watched the sun set behind the mountains.
a cabin in the mountains
They both like mountain climbing.
We've received a mountain of mail.
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Armies carried their destruction across the former colonies, over the mountains to Cherokee and Haudenosaunee lands, onto the Great Lakes and the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, south along the Gulf Coast, into Florida, and north to Canada.
—Sarah Botstein, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
In August, Bonhams sold two of Ross' early 1990s mountain and lake scenes as part of an online auction of American art.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
This is what Spanish ultrarunner Kilian Jornet has been doing for a month after challenging himself to ascend and link up all of the USA’s Fourteeners – mountains at least 14,000 feet in height – in the lower 48 US states.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
In August, a body was found on a mountain after a missing hiker who was attacked by a brown bear.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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Sarah Botstein, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
In August, Bonhams sold two of Ross' early 1990s mountain and lake scenes as part of an online auction of American art.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
This is what Spanish ultrarunner Kilian Jornet has been doing for a month after challenging himself to ascend and link up all of the USA’s Fourteeners – mountains at least 14,000 feet in height – in the lower 48 US states.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
In August, a body was found on a mountain after a missing hiker who was attacked by a brown bear.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Mountain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mountain. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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mountain
noun
moun·tain
ˈmau̇nt-ᵊn
1
: an elevation higher than a hill
2
: a great mass or huge number
a mountain of mail
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