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# mountain

«mountain» in Mova's school dictionary: **A very high hill with steep sides, usually higher than…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a mountain, mountains); adjective forms (mountainous)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A very high hill with steep sides, usually higher than about 600 metres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountain/#m1)

2) A very large pile or amount: a mountain of homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountain/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography: mountains form when the Earth's plates push together or from volcanoes; mountain ranges like the Rockies (USA, Canada), the Southern Alps (New Zealand), the Great Dividing Range (Australia), and Ben Nevis (UK's highest); Everest is the highest in the world (about 8,849 m). It is colder higher up. In safety: weather changes fast on mountains; tell people your route, wear proper clothes. Phrases: mountain range, mountain top, climb a mountain, mountain bike, a mountain of, make a mountain out of a molehill.

### examples

- Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountain/#x1)
- We climbed a mountain on holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountain/#x2)
- It gets colder as you go up a mountain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountain/#x3)
- The Rocky Mountains stretch across Canada and the USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountain/#x4)
- There was snow on the mountain tops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountain/#x5)
- I have a mountain of washing to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountain/#x6)
- Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountain/#x7)
- My uncle rides a mountain bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountain/#x8)
- A MOUNTAIN was once greatly agitated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountain/#x9)

### note

Countable: mountains. Spelling: «moun-tain», said «MOUN-tin». Names: Mount Everest (Mt.), the Andes. In maths: comparing heights, «how much higher» = subtract (8,849 − 1,345 = 7,504 m higher than Ben Nevis).

### In the corpora

- [Mountain gorillas were known to local people long before scientists first described them in 1902, and now there are about a thousand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/190-strange-discoveries-living-fossils-hidden-apes-and-animals-found-in-drawers/12/)
- [The kea is a curious mountain parrot from New Zealand that solves problems, steals food and sometimes pulls rubber off cars.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives/14/)
- [Dian Fossey studied mountain gorillas in Rwanda and fought against poachers who trapped them; her work helped start the protection that saved them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers/8/)
- [Picture a golden eagle high over a mountain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/323-eagles-golden-eagles-harpy-eagles-stellers-sea-eagles-and-eagle-eyes/2/)
- [They came from the cold Andes mountains of South America, where thousands of purple, red and knobbly kinds still grow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mountain» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountain/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.