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

Noun

The resistance knob on a spin bike gives you a continuous, private metric of effort.

— Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Original moldings, door knobs, and wood paneling have been preserved, but spaces have been shaped for contemporary use including made disabled-accessible.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026

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Ignacio Gatica’s series Sunsets (2024), for example, depicts colorful scenes of the sun setting and rising over a mountain range.

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 28 Sep. 2026
For this humble fishing village in Yemen, a tumbledown grouping of barely-there huts nestled between the water and an imposing mountain range, stands sentinel over one of the world’s most vital waterways.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of mountain range

Noun

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

Noun

Macho Cowboy At the top of the pinnacle of power within the telenovela structure is the macho cowboy whose high emotional expressions of jealousy, anger, and confrontation are accepted as passionate acts of strength or romantic gestures.

— Damaly Gonzalez, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
The Nike Apex, as the name suggests, will be the new pinnacle of the Swoosh’s race day fleet.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

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