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mountainous

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moun·tain·ous  (mount-ns)
adj.
1. Having many mountains.
2. Resembling a mountain in size; huge: mountainous waves.

mountainous [ˈmaʊntɪnəs]
adj
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) of or relating to mountains a mountainous region
2. like a mountain, esp in size or impressiveness
mountainously  adv
mountainousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.mountainous - having hills and crags; "hilly terrain"
rough, unsmooth - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
2.mountainous - like a mountain in size and impressiveness; "mountainous waves"; "a mountainous dark man"
big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"
3.mountainous - containing many mountains
highland, upland - used of high or hilly country

mountainous
adjective
1. high, towering, soaring, steep, rocky, highland, alpine, upland a mountainous region
2. huge, great, enormous, mighty, immense, daunting, gigantic, monumental, mammoth, prodigious, hulking, ponderous a plan designed to reduce the company's mountainous debt
huge little, small, minute, tiny, petty, trivial, insignificant, diminutive, puny
Translations
mountainous [ˈmaʊntɪnəs] ADJ
1. (lit) → montañoso
2. (fig) → gigantesco

mountainous [ˈmaʊntɪnəs] adjmontagneux/euse
mountain pass ncol m
mountain range nchaîne f de montagnes
mountain rescue nle secours en montagne
mountain rescue team ncolonne f de secours

mountainous
adjbergig, gebirgig; (fig: = huge) → riesig; wavesmeterhoch; mountainous seasstürmische See (mit meterhohen Wellen)

mountainous [ˈmaʊntɪnəs] adj (country) → montagnoso/a, montuoso/a (fig) → gigantesco/a

mountainous جبلي hornatý bjergrig gebirgig ορεινός montañoso vuoristoinen montagneux planinski montagnoso 山の多い 산이 많은 bergachtig fjellendt górzysty montanhoso гористый bergig เต็มไปด้วยภูเขา dağlık có núi 多山的


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That part of the disc beginning with 60@ was becoming quite mountainous.
The general face of the country, whether mountainous or level, most fit for the operations of infantry or cavalry, is almost the only consideration of this nature that can occur.
Occasionally the monotony of this vast wilderness is interrupted by mountainous belts of sand and limestone, broken into confused masses; with precipitous cliffs and yawning ravines, looking like the ruins of a world; or is traversed by lofty and barren ridges of rock, almost impassable, like those denominated the Black Hills.
 
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