adjective
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of or relating to mountains
a mountainous region
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like a mountain, esp in size or impressiveness
Other Word Forms
- mountainously adverb
- mountainousness noun
- nonmountainous adjective
- nonmountainously adverb
- semimountainous adjective
- semimountainously adverb
- unmountainous adjective
Etymology
Origin of mountainous
First recorded in 1400–50, mountainous is from the late Middle English word mounteynous. See mountain, -ous
Example Sentences
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Day two started with single track and jeep trails that meandered through rolling, mountainous terrain.
They also could operate for weeks, if not months, in Iran’s mountainous coastline, even if “communication with Tehran frays.”
From MarketWatch
An AFP team of journalists met Haftan and his fellow fighters in a bunker carved into a rugged mountainous area, now blanketed with snow, near the border with Iran.
From Barron's
Parks and Blea flipped on their afterburners and went through a series of tight turns to avoid being downed over the mountainous terrain.
Half a year on from the fatal shooting, search parties are still scouring the mountainous ranges surrounding the small Australian town of Porepunkah to find him.
From BBC
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