Alp

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A high mountain.
  • n. A very large mound or mass.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc.
  • n. Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted.
  • n. A bullfinch.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An old local name for the bullfinch, Pyrrhula vulgaris.
  • n. A high mountain; specifically, any one of the higher Swiss mountains, and, as a proper name in the plural, the great mountain-ranges in Switzerland and neighboring countries, comprising the loftiest mountains in Europe.
  • n. In Switzerland, a pasture on the side of a mountain.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any high mountain
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mountain    mount   
    Form
    alpinist    alpinely    alpinism    alpine   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bullfinch   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    badcredit    red light    amatuer    mountain-top    Ionamin    muezzin    figure    single-malt    mast-mounted   
     
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