1
as in peaks
an elevation of land higher than a hill
my cousin likes to climb mountains just because she can
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2
as in loads
a considerable amount
receives a mountain of mail every year for the holidays
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3
as in piles
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another
he piled a mountain of mashed potatoes on his plate
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Recent Examples of mountains
Coster-Waldau travels to the Andean mountains, the Ganges River, the Ecuadorian rainforest, Paris and more.
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Giana Levy, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Written over the course of a year and a half and recorded in Los Angeles between cups of tea and views of the mountains, Lu compares the project to a short story collection, each song melding into its own theme.
—John Lonsdale, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
The film follows Fisher as Ruby, a former coal-truck and school-bus driver, who when facing a terminal illness sets off in her yellow mini-bus through the Appalachian mountains on a final journey to reconcile with her past and her fractured family.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
One of my favorite aspects of living in Virginia is the beauty of the mountains.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
Several of these telescopes are located atop mountains like Cerro Pachón and Cerro Tololo where the altitude allows for darker skies and less interference for astronomical measurements.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
National forests include vast areas in Big Sur, the Sierra Nevada, the mountains around Los Angeles, and far Northern California near the Oregon border.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
The bikers from Pocatello — brothers Tommy and Vinton Gwinn and their friend Shelton Robinson — came across Wayment in the mountains of Camas County, according to East Idaho News.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Best Things to Do Play in the mountains at Schweitzer.
—Laura Beausire, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
Giana Levy, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Written over the course of a year and a half and recorded in Los Angeles between cups of tea and views of the mountains, Lu compares the project to a short story collection, each song melding into its own theme.
—John Lonsdale, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
The film follows Fisher as Ruby, a former coal-truck and school-bus driver, who when facing a terminal illness sets off in her yellow mini-bus through the Appalachian mountains on a final journey to reconcile with her past and her fractured family.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
One of my favorite aspects of living in Virginia is the beauty of the mountains.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
Several of these telescopes are located atop mountains like Cerro Pachón and Cerro Tololo where the altitude allows for darker skies and less interference for astronomical measurements.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
National forests include vast areas in Big Sur, the Sierra Nevada, the mountains around Los Angeles, and far Northern California near the Oregon border.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
The bikers from Pocatello — brothers Tommy and Vinton Gwinn and their friend Shelton Robinson — came across Wayment in the mountains of Camas County, according to East Idaho News.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Best Things to Do Play in the mountains at Schweitzer.
—Laura Beausire, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountains
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The glowing road between peaks shows the partnerships between facilities who work together to advance astronomy by looking at things from near-Earth objects to distant galaxies to dark matter.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Having finished the 14,000-foot peaks in Colorado and California’s Sierra Range — including Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the Lower 48 states at 14,500 feet — the next stop for the renowned Spanish endurance athlete is Mount Shasta in northern California, near the Oregon border.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
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This dual-purpose design requires exceptional stiffness, vibration control, and precision engineering, allowing heavy highway loads and high-speed rail traffic to share the same structure safely.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Same question, loads of responses.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Early the next morning, out on Crotch Island, Ramos led Eglin and a few visitors down an old track littered with rusted machinery and piles of grout (the vulgate for waste rock) to an arena-size section of the quarry where the four men were already busy cutting stone.—
Nick Paumgarten,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Debris piles have replaced pews; the welcoming church has closed its doors; and the churchgoers’ mounting grief has swelled.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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As usual, the college football slate delivers tons of options, with none bigger than the Vanderbilt-Alabama and Miami-Florida State games.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Furthermore, a significant portion of plastic waste is incinerated, resulting in the emission of 850 million tons of greenhouse gases.—
Miguel A. Torres,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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The paranormal team had set out stacks of tarot cards.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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The opportunities are practically endless for this two-ball play set, which can be used as a teether, a bath toy that squirts and stacks, or as a simple squeeze toy.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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The maintenance of this expertise took dedicated chunks of time that had to be spread over lengthy and secure careers.—
Time,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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This shock vaporized chunks of the industrial bases of nations around the world, including the United States.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
30 Sep. 2025
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The hills of Bethpage State Park create miniature valleys and canyons throughout the property, and in turn, the grandstands from the 15th to 17th holes create an amphitheater of chaos encircled by huge video boards.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Take a trip on Windmill's famous hayride, taking you over the hills and through the mud.—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
28 Sep. 2025
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Each became part of the political and historical phenomenon termed the balsero crisis, so named for the balsas, or makeshift rafts, that carried the refugees out into the Florida Straits.—
Miriam Pensack,
The Dial,
30 Sep. 2025
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Flint River Outdoor Center has half-day, full-day, and overnight trips on and above the Sprewell Bluff section with canoes, kayaks, rafts, and a shuttle service.—
David Hanson,
Southern Living,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Mountains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountains. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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