mountainous

[ moun-tn-uh s ]

/ ˈmaʊn tn əs /

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adjective

abounding in mountains: a mountainous wilderness.

of the nature of a mountain.

resembling a mountain or mountains, as being very large and high: mountainous waves.

Origin of mountainous

First recorded in 1400–50, mountainous is from the late Middle English word mounteynous. See mountain, -ous

OTHER WORDS FROM mountainous

moun·tain·ous·ly, adverb moun·tain·ous·ness, noun non·moun·tain·ous, adjective non·moun·tain·ous·ly, adverb

sem·i·moun·tain·ous, adjective sem·i·moun·tain·ous·ly, adverb un·moun·tain·ous, adjective

Words nearby mountainous

mountain whitefish, mountain wind, mountainboard, mountaineer, mountaineering, mountainous, mountainside, mountaintop, mountainy, mountbatten, mountebank

Example sentences from the Web for mountainous

The narrowest piece of land was at Panama, but it was covered in dense, mountainous jungle.

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“Cases may be hidden by communities, cases may be happening in areas that are remote and far off mountainous areas,” he says.

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For years, the military was content to leave the mountainous Kunar and Nuristan region to insurgents and their Islamist allies.

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Now even his mountainous funeral is creeping into the remorseless past.

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As mountainous seas rolled down upon them, smashing over the deck, Halsted left him to it.

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It forms forests and woods in mountainous parts of the temperate zone from the Caspian Sea to Portugal.

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The floor is a mountainous heap of loose stones, and not an inch of even surface could be found on roof or walls.

The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 |Various
Much of the territory is mountainous, the Carpathians extending over about 800 miles.

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A few miles of rapid travelling brought us to a steep ascent into a mountainous range to the right.

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The elevation of the passes in a mountainous region represents in general the height of the lowest part of the chain.

Western Himalaya and Tibet |Thomas Thomson

British Dictionary definitions for mountainous

mountainous

/ (ˈmaʊntɪnəs) /

adjective

of or relating to mountains a mountainous region

like a mountain, esp in size or impressiveness

Derived forms of mountainous

mountainously, adverb mountainousness, noun

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mountainous

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