MOUNTAIN


Meaning of MOUNTAIN in English

— mountainless , adj.

/mown"tn/ , n.

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. ( cap. ) a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, eight driving wheels, and a two-wheeled rear truck. See table under Whyte classification .

5. Also called mountain wine . Brit. Archaic. a sweet Malaga wine.

6. make a mountain out of a molehill . See molehill (def. 2).

adj.

7. of or pertaining to mountains: mountain air.

8. living, growing, or located in the mountains: mountain people.

9. resembling or suggesting a mountain, as in size.

[ 1175-1225; ME mountaine montaigne montanea, n. use of fem. of * montaneus, equiv. to L montan ( us ) mountainous ( mont-, s. of mons mountain + -anus -AN) + -eus adj. suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .