1
as in peak
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 pile
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 mountain
That was so impressive to watch him problem solve how to get his body up this mountain.
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Nigel Smith, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
Cops also felt hot on the trail after a driver shared footage showing Neukgu trotting alongside a mountain road.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
Officials are working with climbers and expedition organizers to assess the situation as hundreds of climbers and their guides wait at base camp unable to move up the mountain.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Most areas will only receive about a tenth of an inch, while mountain communities could get as much as a third of an inch.
—Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Nigel Smith, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
Cops also felt hot on the trail after a driver shared footage showing Neukgu trotting alongside a mountain road.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
Officials are working with climbers and expedition organizers to assess the situation as hundreds of climbers and their guides wait at base camp unable to move up the mountain.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Most areas will only receive about a tenth of an inch, while mountain communities could get as much as a third of an inch.
—Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountain
Noun
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Summer draws peak visitors with its warm weather and lively festivals, including Traverse City Food & Wine.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2026
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Summer crowds have wound down, but everything is still open and colorful fall foliage is at its peak.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Engineers can simulate movements, loads, and environmental conditions before real deployment.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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However, there are moments of reprieve between loads of clothes, sheets, and towels.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Once the drone was hit by another drone, the soldiers walked over to retrieve both drones and added them to the pile of drones damaged in earlier training sessions.—
Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Or a big pile of unclaimed brassieres?—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Odds are most Dodgers fans haven’t seen, say, his Kunsthaus Bregenz, in a small town on the northern edge of the Austrian alps.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
6 Mar. 2026
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The French alps are home to some of the best skiing in Europe—and the glitziest resorts.—
Connor Sturges,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Stars, at least, have had a ton of power-play success, with nine goals so far.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Patrick, your recent comments about the liberation of paying off your student loans have gotten a ton of traction online.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
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To avoid straining, and therefore hemorrhoids, people can prop their feet up on stools or even stacks of old magazines to create more of a squatting position than sitting on toilets typically creates, Qureshi said.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
29 Apr. 2026
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Once stacking is complete, a compression structure will apply downward precompression to the module stack.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This external lens mounts to the 3x telephoto camera module and uses a 16-element optical design for the equivalent of 300-mm reach, enabling up to 13x optical zoom and improved results at 30x and beyond.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Osprey was the first production tiltrotor—an aircraft with propellers that can swivel on their mounts, pointing up for vertical takeoff and tilting forward for horizontal flight.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
25 Apr. 2026
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However, veteran right-hander Jacob deGrom will take the hill for the Rangers.—
James O'Connell,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Atlantic Shores Riding Stables can take you on a ride over hills above the Atlantic Ocean and down to the beach for an hour – or more, if your glutes can handle it.—
Hollie Clemence,
TheWeek,
27 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Mountain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountain. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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