MONADNOCK


Meaning of MONADNOCK in English

/meuh nad"nok/ , n.

1. Physical Geog. a residual hill or mountain standing well above the surface of a surrounding peneplain.

2. ( cap. ) Mount , a mountain peak in SW New Hampshire. 3186 ft. (971 m).

[ 1735-45, Amer.; after ( Grand ) Monadnock (earlier name of Mount Monadnock) ]

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