- a very high hill, often with rocks near the top
- the mountains of Andalusia
- snow-capped mountains
- The steep mountains tower all around.
- to climb a mountain
- in the mountains We spent a week walking in the mountains.
- to enjoy the mountain air/scenery
- mountain roads/streams/villages
- the world's longest mountain range
- There is a range of mountains to the west.
- high mountain passes
- a mountain rescue team
- There is still snow on the mountain tops.
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographya1- We crossed the rugged mountain heights.
- We flew over the mountains of Aspen, Colorado.
- Between the two towns was 50 miles of mountain country.
- Many people come to the resort simply to enjoy the fresh mountain air.
- Mountains loom in the distance.
- She arranged to meet the others halfway up the mountain.
- The earth tremor made the mountains shake.
- The invading army could only penetrate the mountain barrier at one point.
- The mountains fall to the east to the flat expanse of the plateau.
- The mountains here rise to well over 2 000 m.
- The surrounding mountains make the city difficult to evacuate.
- This type of goat lives high up in the mountains.
- Towering mountains surrounded the town.
- We enjoy walking in the mountains.
- a large window overlooking the mountains
- a pass through the mountains
- the holy mountain of the Lapp community
- We stopped to enjoy the mountain scenery.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- great
- high
- …
- chain
- range
- ascend
- climb
- come up
- …
- rise
- soar
- tower
- …
- chain
- range
- area
- …
- across the mountain
- over the mountain
- through the mountain
- …
- the flank of a mountain
- the side of a mountain
- the slope of a mountain
- …
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- mountain (of something/somebody) (informal) a very large amount or number of something; the very large size of something/somebody
- a mountain of work
- We made mountains of sandwiches.
- Standing before us was a huge, muscled mountain of a man.
Extra Examples- The school was facing a mountain of debt.
- The enquiry generated a mountain of paperwork.
- They revealed a solution to reduce Europe's butter mountain (= the large amount of butter that had to be stored because it was not needed).
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- massive
- debt
- …
- generate
- reduce
- face
- …
- a mountain of paper
- a mountain of paperwork
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French montaigne, based on Latin mons, mont- ‘mountain’.
Idioms
See mountain in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee mountain in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishmake a mountain out of a molehill
- (disapproving) to make an unimportant matter seem important
move mountains
- to make a great effort to do something
- The director moved mountains to remake this classic film.
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