Mountainous
['maʊntɪnəs] or ['maʊntənəs]
Definition
(adj.) containing many mountains .
(adj.) like a mountain in size and impressiveness; 'mountainous waves'; 'a mountainous dark man' .
Edited by Davy--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss.
(a.) Inhabiting mountains.
(a.) Large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk; as, a mountainous heap.
Checker: Roderick
Examples
- In mountainous regions, the topography of the land prevents the elimination of all steep grades, but nevertheless the attempt is always made to follow the easiest grades. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- They are very mountainous. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He jumped up, and the leaden eyes which twinkled behind his mountainous cheeks leered horribly upon the food as he unpacked it from the basket. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The most conspicuous effect of the expansive power of freezing water is seen in rocky or mountainous regions (Fig. 21). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The country is mountainous all the way to Atlanta, abounding in mountain streams, some of them of considerable volume. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Checker: Roderick