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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Amelia, for her part, married Greg Mallett in a mountaintop ceremony Cape Town, South Africa in March 2023. Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 28 May 2026 In Spain, the spotlight is on Rojales, a traditional Costa Blanca village surrounded by citrus groves, and Ronda, a historic mountaintop city in Andalusia. Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026 Field trips through the denuded mountaintops, for example, were designed to teach players the fragility of the land and their responsibility in protecting it. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026 This finding aligns with the idea that factors such as sedimentation and erosion would chip away at a coastline’s complexity more than, say, a mountaintop’s. Alex Music, Scientific American, 16 May 2026 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 5 Jun. 2026.

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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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