(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a very high area of land with steep sides.
Ben Nevis, in Scotland, is Britain’s highest ~.
N-COUNT
2.
If you talk about a ~ of something, or ~s of something, you are emphasizing that there is a large amount of it. (INFORMAL)
They are faced with a ~ of bureaucracy...
QUANT: QUANT of pl-n/n-uncount emphasis
3.
If you say that someone has a ~ to climb, you mean that it will be difficult for them to achieve what they want to achieve. (JOURNALISM)
‘We had a ~ to climb after the second goal went in,’ said Crosby.
PHRASE: usu v PHR
4.
to make a ~ out of a molehill: see molehill