Alpine
['ælpaɪn]
Definition
(adj.) living or growing above the timber line; 'alpine flowers' .
(adj.) relating to the Alps and their inhabitants; 'Alpine countries, Switzerland, Italy, France, and Germany' .
(adj.) relating to or characteristic of alps; 'alpine sports' .
Editor: Stacy--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; as, Alpine snows; Alpine plants.
(a.) Like the Alps; lofty.
Edited by Elena
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Mountainous, high, elevated.
Typist: Ludwig
Examples
- Was There an Alpine Race? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Arlberg is still another Alpine tunnel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- De Candolle has observed, a common alpine species disappears. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Among the world’s largest blast furnaces may be mentioned the Austrian Alpine Montan Gesellschaft, which concern owns thirty-two furnaces. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Accept it, and the Alpine maid, From Laurie and from Jo. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I have said that his Alpine-stock had been left leaning against a rock which jutted on to the path. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The opposite school would treat the alleged Alpine race simply as a number of local brachycephalic varieties of Nordic or Iberian peoples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- During our conversation we had not gone to the end of the path, and the Alpine-stock marked the place where we had stood. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The mountains would become covered with snow and ice, and their former Alpine inhabitants would descend to the plains. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It was the sight of that Alpine-stock which turned me cold and sick. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Watson has remarked, in receding from polar toward equatorial latitudes, the Alpine or mountain flora really become less and less Arctic. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- There was Holmes's Alpine-stock still leaning against the rock by which I had left him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Typed by Aldo