Noun: mountain mawn-t(i)n
- A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
"They planned to climb Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain";
- mount
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number, amount or extent
"a mountain of letters";
- batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle [archaic], muckle, passel [US], peck, pile [informal], plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack [informal], tidy sum, wad, bunch [informal], scad [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: mountains
Type of: elevation, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, natural elevation
Encyclopedia: Mountain, Peter