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Etymology

From Middle English mountayne, mountain, montaigne, from Anglo-Norman muntaine, muntaigne, from Early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem (“mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *monti (compare Welsh mynydd (“mountain”), Albanian mat (“bank, shore”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬙𐬌 (mati, “promontory”)), from *men- (“to project, stick out”). Displaced native English barrow (from Old English beorg) and down (from Old English dūn), and partially displaced non-native Old English munt, from Latin mōns (whence English mount).

derived from *monti✻
derived from mōns — “mountain”
derived from montānia
derived from montaigne
inherited from mountayne

Definitions

1
An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a…
An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit.
- Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
- We spent the weekend hiking in the mountains.
- We collected plant specimens from mountain meadows above 2000 meters.
2
Something very large in size or quantity
Something very large in size or quantity; a huge amount; a great heap.
- He was a real mountain of a man, standing seven feet tall.
- There's still a mountain of work to do.
- Iraq says the mountain of documentation it has provided to the United Nations shows it is innocent of harbouring weapons of mass destruction. America continues to maintain that it has evidence that this is a pack of lies.
3
A difficult task or challenge.
- Five minutes into the game the Black Cats were facing a mountain, partly because of West Brom's newly-found ruthlessness in front of goal but also as a result of the home side's defensive generosity.
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1. 4
  Wine from Malaga made from grapes that grow on a mountain.
  - Called on Courtenay, with whom I walked to Hampstead Heath, and got into excellent spirits, enjoying fine fresh air; then dined with him tête-a-tête on mutton broth and mackerel and drank mountain and old port moderately.
2. A woman's large breast.
3. The twenty-first Lenormand card.
4. A placename
  A placename:
5. A surname.
6. The Montagnard party in the time of the French Revolution.
7. 10
  A steam locomotive of the 4-8-2 wheel arrangement.
  - Western Pacific wisely devoted its design energies to the articulateds which produced most of its gross, left the 4-6-0's that came with the road plus a few secondhand Florida East Coast Mountains for its sparse passenger service.

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at mountain. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at mountain. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at mountain

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Etymology

Definitions

The neighborhood

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Vish — recursive loop