[moun-tn] Pronunciation Key | 1. | a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 ft. (610 m). |
| 2. | a large mass of something resembling this, as in shape or size. |
| 3. | a huge amount: a mountain of incoming mail. |
| 4. | (initial capital letter) a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, eight driving wheels, and a two-wheeled rear truck. |
| 5. | Also called mountain wine. British Archaic. a sweet Malaga wine. |
| 6. | of or pertaining to mountains: mountain air. |
| 7. | living, growing, or located in the mountains: mountain people. |
| 8. | resembling or suggesting a mountain, as in size. |
| 9. | make a mountain out of a molehill. molehill (def. 2). |
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| moun·tain
(moun'tən) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English mountaine, from Old French montaigne, muntaigne, from Vulgar Latin *montānea, from feminine of *montāneus, of a mountain, from Latin montānus, from mōns, mont-, mountain; see men-2 in Indo-European roots.] moun'tain·y adj. |
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mountain
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noun | |
| 1. | a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill |
| 2. | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch] |
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| mountain
(moun'tən) Pronunciation Key
A generally massive and usually steep-sided, raised portion of the Earth's surface. Mountains can occur as single peaks or as part of a long chain. They can form through volcanic activity, by erosion, or by uplift of the continental crust when two tectonic plates collide. The Himalayas, which are the highest mountains in the world, were formed when the plate carrying the landmass of India collided with the plate carrying the landmass of China.
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Mountain Ranch, CA Zip code(s): 95246
Mountain Village, AK (city, FIPS 51180) Location: 62.08781 N, 163.71669 W
Population (1990): 674 (191 housing units)
Area: 11.3 sq km (land), 3.4 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 99632
Mountain Home, AR (city, FIPS 47390) Location: 36.33592 N, 92.37917 W
Population (1990): 9027 (4561 housing units)
Area: 17.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 72653
Mountain Grove, MO (city, FIPS 50402) Location: 37.13222 N, 92.26488 W
Population (1990): 4182 (1990 housing units)
Area: 8.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 65711
Mountain Dale, NY Zip code(s): 12763
Mountain View, OK (town, FIPS 49650) Location: 35.09866 N, 98.75041 W
Population (1990): 1086 (534 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 73062
Mountain City, TN (town, FIPS 50400) Location: 36.47182 N, 81.80530 W
Population (1990): 2169 (1050 housing units)
Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 37683
Mountain View, MO (city, FIPS 50438) Location: 36.99475 N, 91.69869 W
Population (1990): 2036 (966 housing units)
Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 65548
Mountain View, HI (CDP, FIPS 53300) Location: 19.52066 N, 155.14925 W
Population (1990): 3075 (1326 housing units)
Area: 217.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 96771
Mountain View, CO (town, FIPS 52350) Location: 39.77570 N, 105.05575 W
Population (1990): 550 (280 housing units)
Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 80212
Mountain City, NV Zip code(s): 89831
Mountain Top, PA Zip code(s): 18707
Mountain Brook, AL (city, FIPS 51696) Location: 33.48687 N, 86.74048 W
Population (1990): 19810 (8127 housing units)
Area: 30.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 35223
Mountain Home, ID (city, FIPS 54730) Location: 43.13834 N, 115.68869 W
Population (1990): 7913 (3392 housing units)
Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 83647
Mountain Center, CA Zip code(s): 92561
Mountain Park, OK (town, FIPS 49600) Location: 34.69845 N, 98.95161 W
Population (1990): 473 (218 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 73559
Mountain Mesa, CA (CDP, FIPS 49600) Location: 35.62749 N, 118.40605 W
Population (1990): 1153 (553 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 93240
Mountain Lakes, NJ (borough, FIPS 48480) Location: 40.89170 N, 74.44056 W
Population (1990): 3847 (1268 housing units)
Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 07046
Mountain Lake, VA Zip code(s): 24136
Mountain Lake, MN (city, FIPS 44566) Location: 43.94033 N, 94.92620 W
Population (1990): 1906 (883 housing units)
Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 56159
Mountain Iron, MN (city, FIPS 44548) Location: 47.52641 N, 92.62685 W
Population (1990): 3362 (1422 housing units)
Area: 127.8 sq km (land), 7.5 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55768
Mountain Home, TX Zip code(s): 78058
Mountain Home, UT Zip code(s): 84051
Mountain Rest, SC Zip code(s): 29664
Mountain View, CA (city, FIPS 49670) Location: 37.40200 N, 122.07764 W
Population (1990): 67460 (31487 housing units)
Area: 31.2 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 94040, 94041, 94043
Mountain Pine, AR (city, FIPS 47450) Location: 34.57143 N, 93.17395 W
Population (1990): 866 (347 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Mountain City, GA (town, FIPS 53116) Location: 34.91880 N, 83.38602 W
Population (1990): 784 (401 housing units)
Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Mountain Park, GA (city, FIPS 53172) Location: 34.08258 N, 84.41355 W
Population (1990): 554 (244 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Mountain City, TX (city, FIPS 49600) Location: 30.03846 N, 97.89304 W
Population (1990): 377 (125 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Mountain Park, GA (CDP, FIPS 53186) Location: 33.84405 N, 84.12948 W
Population (1990): 11025 (4002 housing units)
Area: 15.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Mountain Home, NC (CDP, FIPS 44700) Location: 35.36992 N, 82.50443 W
Population (1990): 1898 (868 housing units)
Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Mountain View, NC (CDP, FIPS 44781) Location: 35.68300 N, 81.36918 W
Population (1990): 3697 (1311 housing units)
Area: 12.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Mountain View, AR (city, FIPS 47540) Location: 35.86995 N, 92.11111 W
Population (1990): 2439 (1172 housing units)
Area: 13.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Mountain View, WY (CDP, FIPS 55200) Location: 42.88407 N, 106.44489 W
Population (1990): 1345 (488 housing units)
Area: 36.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Mountain View, WY (town, FIPS 55345) Location: 41.27146 N, 110.33560 W
Population (1990): 1189 (439 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Pine Mountain Va, GA Zip code(s): 31823
Blue Mountain La, NY Zip code(s): 12812
Black Mountain S, NC Zip code(s): 28711
Mountain Lake Park, MD (town, FIPS 53800) Location: 39.40376 N, 79.37940 W
Population (1990): 1938 (754 housing units)
Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Mountain View Acres, CA (CDP, FIPS 49684) Location: 34.49678 N, 117.34795 W
Population (1990): 2469 (775 housing units)
Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Green Mountain Falls, CO (town, FIPS 32650) Location: 38.93415 N, 105.01967 W
Population (1990): 663 (554 housing units)
Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Mountain Home A, ID Zip code(s): 83648
Iron Mountain Lake, MO (city, FIPS 35430) Location: 37.68508 N, 90.61467 W
Population (1990): 632 (440 housing units)
Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Mountain Home AFB, ID (CDP, FIPS 54820) Location: 43.04962 N, 115.86553 W
Population (1990): 5936 (1528 housing units)
Area: 25.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Mountain, ND (city, FIPS 54740) Location: 48.68345 N, 97.86340 W
Population (1990): 134 (57 housing units)
Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 58262
Mountain, WI Zip code(s): 54149
West Mountain, ID Zip code(s): 83611
Signal Mountain, TN (town, FIPS 68540) Location: 35.13043 N, 85.34210 W
Population (1990): 7034 (2718 housing units)
Area: 13.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 37377
Scaly Mountain, NC Zip code(s): 28775
Pine Mountain, GA (town, FIPS 61124) Location: 32.86428 N, 84.85313 W
Population (1990): 875 (461 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 31822
Round Mountain, TX (town, FIPS 63476) Location: 30.43611 N, 98.35383 W
Population (1990): 59 (26 housing units)
Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 78663
White Mountain, AK (city, FIPS 84070) Location: 64.68361 N, 163.41952 W
Population (1990): 180 (69 housing units)
Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 99784
Pilot Mountain, NC (town, FIPS 51820) Location: 36.38433 N, 80.47189 W
Population (1990): 1181 (574 housing units)
Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 27041
Roan Mountain, TN (CDP, FIPS 63840) Location: 36.18369 N, 82.07385 W
Population (1990): 1220 (508 housing units)
Area: 19.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 37687
Round Mountain, NV Zip code(s): 89045
Iron Mountain, MO Zip code(s): 63650
Bear Mountain, NY Zip code(s): 10911
Bent Mountain, VA Zip code(s): 24059
Blue Mountain, AR (town, FIPS 7210) Location: 35.13171 N, 93.71531 W
Population (1990): 146 (62 housing units)
Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 72826
Blue Mountain, MS (town, FIPS 7060) Location: 34.67104 N, 89.02716 W
Population (1990): 667 (255 housing units)
Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 38610
Coal Mountain, WV Zip code(s): 24823
Battle Mountain, NV (CDP, FIPS 4900) Location: 40.64152 N, 116.93772 W
Population (1990): 3542 (1431 housing units)
Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 89820
Eagle Mountain, CA Zip code(s): 92239
Iron Mountain, MI (city, FIPS 40960) Location: 45.82765 N, 88.06147 W
Population (1990): 8525 (3789 housing units)
Area: 18.7 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 49801
Lookout Mountain, GA (city, FIPS 47336) Location: 34.96148 N, 85.36035 W
Population (1990): 1636 (640 housing units)
Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 30750
Kings Mountain, KY Zip code(s): 40442
Lyon Mountain, NY Zip code(s): 12952
Lookout Mountain, TN (town, FIPS 43640) Location: 34.99395 N, 85.35225 W
Population (1990): 1901 (818 housing units)
Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 37350
Kings Mountain, NC (city, FIPS 35880) Location: 35.24151 N, 81.34797 W
Population (1990): 8763 (3689 housing units)
Area: 15.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 28086
Little Mountain, SC (town, FIPS 41965) Location: 34.19502 N, 81.41412 W
Population (1990): 235 (111 housing units)
Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 29075
Stone Mountain, GA (city, FIPS 73816) Location: 33.80283 N, 84.17167 W
Population (1990): 6494 (2584 housing units)
Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 30083, 30087, 30088
Beech Mountain, NC (town, FIPS 4512) Location: 36.21076 N, 81.88903 W
Population (1990): 239 (1477 housing units)
Area: 17.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
South Mountain, TX (town, FIPS 69120) Location: 31.43828 N, 97.67630 W
Population (1990): 301 (118 housing units)
Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Spencer Mountain, NC (town, FIPS 63780) Location: 35.30886 N, 81.11135 W
Population (1990): 135 (43 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Sugar Mountain, NC (village, FIPS 65530) Location: 36.12423 N, 81.86332 W
Population (1990): 132 (1090 housing units)
Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Black Mountain, NC (town, FIPS 6140) Location: 35.61425 N, 82.33031 W
Population (1990): 5418 (2519 housing units)
Area: 12.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Blue Mountain, AL (town, FIPS 7552) Location: 33.68852 N, 85.83761 W
Population (1990): 221 (120 housing units)
Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Cajah's Mountain, NC (town, FIPS 9530) Location: 35.84993 N, 81.53890 W
Population (1990): 2429 (873 housing units)
Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Rib Mountain, WI (CDP, FIPS 67320) Location: 44.91288 N, 89.67536 W
Population (1990): 4634 (1646 housing units)
Area: 31.5 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water)
Lazy Mountain, AK (CDP, FIPS 43260) Location: 61.62618 N, 148.94566 W
Population (1990): 838 (365 housing units)
Area: 107.0 sq km (land), 3.6 sq km (water)
Laurel Mountain, PA (borough, FIPS 41834) Location: 40.21135 N, 79.18482 W
Population (1990): 195 (115 housing units)
Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Eagle Mountain, TX (CDP, FIPS 21856) Location: 32.89344 N, 97.44427 W
Population (1990): 5847 (2306 housing units)
Area: 60.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
East Mountain, TX (city, FIPS 22168) Location: 32.59391 N, 94.85522 W
Population (1990): 762 (313 housing units)
Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Elk Mountain, WY (town, FIPS 24025) Location: 41.68783 N, 106.41285 W
Population (1990): 174 (88 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Cross Mountain, TX (CDP, FIPS 17811) Location: 29.64524 N, 98.65906 W
Population (1990): 1112 (404 housing units)
Area: 22.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Mountain
Moun"tain\, n. [OE. mountaine, montaine, F. montagne, LL. montanea, montania, fr. L. mons, montis, a mountain; cf. montanus belonging to a mountain. See 1st Mount.]1. A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an eminence higher than a hill; a mount. 2. pl. A range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the White Mountains. 3. A mountainlike mass; something of great bulk. I should have been a mountain of mummy. --Shak. The Mountain (--La montagne) (French Hist.), a popular name given in 1793 to a party of extreme Jacobins in the National Convention, who occupied the highest rows of seats.
Mountain
Moun"tain\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer. 2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great. The high, the mountain majesty of worth. --Byron. Mountain antelope (Zo["o]l.), the goral. Mountain ash (Bot.), an ornamental tree, the Pyrus (Sorbus) Americana, producing beautiful bunches of red berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its flowers white, growing in fragrant clusters. The European species is the P. aucuparia, or rowan tree. Mountain barometer, a portable barometer, adapted for safe transportation, used in measuring the heights of mountains. Mountain beaver (Zo["o]l.), the sewellel. Mountain blue (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite. Mountain cat (Zo["o]l.), the catamount. See Catamount. Mountain chain, a series of contiguous mountain ranges, generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves. Mountain cock (Zo["o]l.), capercailzie. See Capercailzie. Mountain cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling cork in its texture. Mountain crystal. See under Crystal. Mountain damson (Bot.), a large tree of the genus Simaruba (S. amarga) growing in the West Indies, which affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes used in medicine. Mountain dew, Scotch whisky, so called because often illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous] Mountain ebony (Bot.), a small leguminous tree (Bauhinia variegata) of the East and West Indies; -- so called because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and in tanning. Mountain flax (Min.), a variety of asbestus, having very fine fibers; amianthus. See Amianthus. Mountain fringe (Bot.), climbing fumitory. See under Fumitory. Mountain goat. (Zo["o]l.) See Mazama. Mountain green. (Min.) (a) Green malachite, or carbonate of copper. (b) See Green earth, under Green, a. Mountain holly (Bot.), a branching shrub (Nemopanthes Canadensis), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries. It is found in the Northern United States. Mountain laurel (Bot.), an American shrub (Kalmia latifolia) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is poisonous. Called also American laurel, ivy bush, and calico bush. See Kalmia. Mountain leather (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling leather in its texture. Mountain licorice (Bot.), a plant of the genus Trifolium (T. Alpinum). Mountain limestone (Geol.), a series of marine limestone strata below the coal measures, and above the old red standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of Geology. Mountain linnet (Zo["o]l.), the twite. Mountain magpie. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker. (b) The European gray shrike. Mountain mahogany (Bot.) See under Mahogany. Mountain meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite, occurring as an efflorescence. Mountain milk (Min.), a soft spongy variety of carbonate of lime. Mountain mint. (Bot.) See Mint. Mountain ousel (Zo["o]l.), the ring ousel; -- called also mountain thrush and mountain colley. See Ousel. Mountain pride, or Mountain green (Bot.), a tree of Jamaica (Spathelia simplex), which has an unbranched palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate leaves. Mountain quail (Zo["o]l.), the plumed partridge (Oreortyx pictus) of California. It has two long, slender, plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black and white; the neck and breast are dark gray. Mountain range, a series of mountains closely related in position and direction. Mountain rice. (Bot.) (a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation, in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States. (b) An American genus of grasses (Oryzopsis). Mountain rose (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe (Rosa alpina). Mountain soap (Min.), a soft earthy mineral, of a brownish color, used in crayon painting; saxonite. Mountain sorrel (Bot.), a low perennial plant (Oxyria digyna with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. --Gray. Mountain sparrow (Zo["o]l.), the European tree sparrow. Mountain spinach. (Bot.) See Orach. Mountain tobacco (Bot.), a composite plant (Arnica montana) of Europe; called also leopard's bane. Mountain witch (Zo["o]l.), a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of the genus Geotrygon.
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