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- pronunciation:
- maUn
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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.
Eliza and her brothers went skiing down a mountain during their winter break.
- synonyms:
- peak
- similar words:
- volcano
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| 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.
My dad says he has a mountain of laundry to wash this weekend.- synonyms:
- heap, pile, stack
- similar words:
- flood, load, mass, ocean, ton
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| related words: |
abundance, heap, height, lot, pile |
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area between mountains |
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valley |
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groups of mountains |
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range, sierra |
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measurements of mountains |
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altitude |
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natural events involving mountains |
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avalanche, erosion |
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similar to mountains |
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hill, volcano |
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some activities related to mountains |
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climb, descend, hike, ski |
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some animals that live on mountains |
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alpaca, bear, chinchilla, llama |
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some examples of mountains |
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Alps, Himalayas, Rocky Mountains |
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some parts of mountains |
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cliff, crest, peak, ridge, summit, tip, top, zenith |
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some sciences that study mountains |
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geography, geology |
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some things mountains are composed of |
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earth, rock |
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