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Mountainous definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MOUNT'AINOUS, a. Full of mountains; as the mountainous country of the Swiss.
1. Large as a mountain; huge; as a mountainous heap.
2. Inhabiting mountains. [Not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having hills and crags; "hilly terrain" [syn: cragged, craggy, hilly, mountainous]
2: like a mountain in size and impressiveness; "mountainous waves"; "a mountainous dark man"
3: containing many mountains

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century 1. containing many mountains 2. resembling a mountain ; huge • mountainously adverb • mountainousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (of a region) having many mountains. 2 huge.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mountainous Moun"tain*ous, a. [F. montagneux, L. montaniosus.] 1. Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss. 2. Inhabiting mountains. [Obs.] --Bacon. 3. Large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk; as, a mountainous heap. --Prior.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. A mountainous place has a lot of mountains. ...the mountainous region of Campania. ADJ 2. You use mountainous to emphasize that something is great in size, quantity, or degree. The plan is designed to reduce some of the company's mountainous debt. = huge ADJ: ADJ n [emphasis]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Full of mountains, hilly. 2. Huge, enormous, tremendous, bulky.

Moby Thesaurus

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