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moun·tain

mountain

pronunciation:: maUn tn
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part of speech:	noun
definition 1:	A mountain is a very high piece of land. A mountain goes up much higher than a hill, and it is hard for most people to climb. Low mountains are often covered with forest. Higher mountains are all rock at the top. Sometimes a mountain is so high that it always has snow on the top. 山 Eliza and her brothers went skiing down a mountain during their winter break. synonyms: peak similar words: volcano
definition 2:	When you get a mountain of candy for Halloween, it means that you get a big pile of candy. When you have a mountain of work to do, it means that you have a large amount of work to do. 堆积成山的东西 My dad says he has a mountain of laundry to wash this weekend. synonyms: heap, pile, stack similar words: flood, load, mass, ocean, ton
related words:	abundance, heap, height, lot, pile

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	area between mountains
	valley
	groups of mountains
	range, sierra
	measurements of mountains
	altitude
	natural events involving mountains
	avalanche, erosion
	similar to mountains
	hill, volcano
	some activities related to mountains
	climb, descend, hike, ski
	some animals that live on mountains
	alpaca, bear, chinchilla, llama
	some examples of mountains
	Alps, Himalayas, Rocky Mountains
	some parts of mountains
	cliff, crest, peak, ridge, summit, tip, top, zenith
	some sciences that study mountains
	geography, geology
	some things mountains are composed of
	earth, rock