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moun·tain·ous
(moun′tə-nəs)adj.
1. Having many mountains.
2. Resembling a mountain in size; huge: mountainous waves.
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mountainous
(ˈmaʊntɪnəs) ormountainy
adj
1. (Physical Geography) of or relating to mountains: a mountainous region.
2. like a mountain, esp in size or impressiveness
ˈmountainously adv
ˈmountainousness n
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moun•tain•ous
(ˈmaʊn tn əs)adj.
1. abounding in mountains.
2. resembling a mountain, as being very large and high.
[1400–50]
moun′tain•ous•ly, adv.
moun′tain•ous•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | mountainous - having hills and crags; "hilly terrain" |
2. | mountainous - like a mountain in size and impressiveness; "mountainous waves"; "a mountainous dark man" big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" | |
3. | mountainous - containing many mountains |
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mountainous
adjective
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
mountainous
adjectiveOf extraordinary size and power:
behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast.
Informal: walloping.
Slang: whopping.
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Translations
جَبَلي، كثير الجِبالجَبَلِيٌّ
hornatýhorský
bjergrig
vuoristoinen
planinski
fjöllóttur
山の多い
산이 많은
hornatý
gorat
bergig
เต็มไปด้วยภูเขา
có núi
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
mountainous
[ˈmaʊntɪnəs] adj → montagneux/eusemountain pass n → col mmountain range n → chaîne f de montagnesmountain rescue n → le secours en montagnemountain rescue team n → colonne f de secoursCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
mountainous
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
mountainous
[ˈmaʊntɪnəs] adj (country) → montagnoso/a, montuoso/a (fig) → gigantesco/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
mountain
(mauntən) noun a high hill. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world; (also adjective) a mountain stream.
ˈmountain birch noun a type of birch tree.
ˈmountain bike noun a bicycle with wide tyres for riding over rough ground.
ˈmountain plateauplateauˈmountain range noun a row of mountains.
ˈmountain ridge noun a long raised surface along the top of a mountain.
ˌmountaiˈneer noun a person who climbs mountains, especially with skill, or as his occupation.
ˌmountaiˈneering noun mountain-climbing.
ˈmountainous adjective full of mountains. The country is very mountainous.
ˈmountain-side noun the slope of a mountain. The avalanche swept the climbers down the mountain-side.
ˈmountain-top noun the summit of a mountain.
make a mountain out of a molehill to exaggerate the importance of a problem. etc.
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mountainous
→ جَبَلِيٌّ hornatý bjergrig gebirgig ορεινός montañoso vuoristoinen montagneux planinski montagnoso 山の多い 산이 많은 bergachtig fjellendt górzysty montanhoso гористый bergig เต็มไปด้วยภูเขา dağlık có núi 多山的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009