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4 dictionary results for: mountainous
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
moun·tain·ous       [moun-tn-uhs] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.abounding in mountains: a mountainous wilderness.
2.of the nature of a mountain.
3.resembling a mountain or mountains, as being very large and high: mountainous waves.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME mounteynous. See mountain, -ous]

moun·tain·ous·ly, adverb
moun·tain·ous·ness, noun
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
moun·tain·ous       (moun'tə-nəs)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Having many mountains.
  2. Resembling a mountain in size; huge: mountainous waves.

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mountainous

adjective
1. having hills and crags; "hilly terrain" [syn: cragged
2. like a mountain in size and impressiveness; "mountainous waves"; "a mountainous dark man" 
3. containing many mountains 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Mountainous

Moun"tain*ous\, a. [F. montagneux, L. montaniosus.]

1. Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss.

2. Inhabiting mountains. [Obs.] --Bacon.

3. Large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk; as, a mountainous heap. --Prior.

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