SEAMOUNT Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

seamount

noun

Definition of seamount

as in inselberg

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Recent Examples of seamount However, little is known about the marine life found on seamounts, particularly those in the most likely regions for crust exploration and mining. — Leonardo MacElloni, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026 These cobalt crusts are found on seamount slopes, which contain vital metals such as cobalt, nickel, and platinum. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025 The seamount is 250 miles north of Palau — an island country east of the Philippines — and multibeam sonar revealed its peak is hidden about 800 feet below the surface. — Mark Price, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025 Or book a berth aboard the eight-passenger Water and Wind catamaran to sites that include Princess Alice Bank, where huge schools of jack, tuna, and barracuda cloud the seamount. — Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seamount

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Noun

Sun, wind, and water sculpted the sandstone into a dramatic, desolate, unearthly landscape of gorges and valleys, inselbergs and stacks, towering tassili and natural arches.

— Aminatta Forna, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2024
Geologists had suspected that these inselbergs, found in Brazil, Australia, and southern Africa, are old—enduring while erosion stripped away the surrounding landscape.

— Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 26 June 2019

Definition of inselberg

Noun

At least 5,000 people perished, most of them in La Guaira state, a strip of cities and slums crammed between the coastal cordillera and the Caribbean Sea, half an hour from Caracas.

— Rafael Osío Cabrices, Time, 20 July 2026
Among the displays are ceramic figures, scale models and paintings that narrate indigenous traditions in the Andes cordillera, from the first settlements dating back 15,000 years to the birth of the Tiwanaku state and the rise of the Incan empire.

— Washington Post, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019

Definition of cordillera

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The deal was announced at an AI summit in San Francisco with South Korean officials including President Lee Jae Myung.

— Kif Leswing, CNBC, 25 July 2026
After another major Interstate 80 shutdown this week, Placer County Supervisor Cindy Gustafson is bringing together state, federal and local officials for a summit to find ways to reduce serious crashes along the mountain freeway corridor.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of summit

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But even in a regular photograph, Horálek was able to show the incredible beauty of the glow of the Milky Way's heart above the mountain range, with every color in the rainbow popping up in the gas and dust across our galaxy.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 16 July 2026
As expected, the sprawling property boasts luxury amenities, including a home theater, gym, outdoor swimming pool, gourmet kitchen, and views of the nearby Lafinka Golf Club and surrounding mountain range.

— India Roby, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2026

Definition of mountain range

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Mallorca’s very own mountain range is perfect walking territory, boasting the famous Ruta de Pedra en Sec (Dry Stone Route), a 93-mile trail that runs the length of the sierra from Andratx to Pollença.

— Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2026
Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.

— Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022

Definition of sierra

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Fourteen years earlier, his debut feature, Ossessione, had effectively birthed Italian neorealism, and Visconti had followed it up with La Terra Trema (1948), one of the absolute pinnacles of the movement.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 July 2026
The same cannot be said of GB1, the new brand name for Ainslie’s fourth assault on the America’s Cup, regarded as the pinnacle of international sailing.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 24 July 2026

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