mountaintop

noun

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

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The 156-acre mountaintop property sold for $1.1 million in 2019, according to Realtor.com -- purportedly to a limited liability company with ties to Maxwell. Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025 It was shipped in a secretive, intricately orchestrated mission to the Rubin Observatory on a mountaintop 8,900 feet above sea level, north of Chile’s capital, Santiago. Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 24 June 2025 Over a decade after its first state championship, Aledo baseball had an opportunity to get back to the top of the Texas high school baseball mountaintop. Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2025 In the park’s higher elevations, peregrine falcons soar over 6,000-plus-foot Appalachian peaks, and blooming rhododendrons decorate mountaintop balds. Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan, Outside Online, 6 June 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 17 Jul. 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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