mountain
- Top 3000
Sense 1
- noun
- A1
A very high piece of land with hard, rough sides, much higher than a hill.
This mountain is over three thousand metres high.
Climbers set off before dawn to reach the mountain summit.
A cable car carries visitors halfway up the mountain.
Snow lies on the highest mountains until late June.
Common collocations: climb a mountain · mountain range · the foot of the mountain · high mountain · mountain peak · in the mountains
Part of: Landscape
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B2
A very large amount of something, or a very big pile of things.
There was a mountain of dirty dishes waiting in the sink.
After two weeks away she faced a mountain of unopened post.
We still have a mountain of work to finish before Friday.
Common collocations: a mountain of work · a mountain of paperwork · a mountain of debt · a mountain of dishes
Part of: Numbers and quantity