— 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 ]