Mountain Enjoy Walking Chain/Range Spent Week Large Butter

• a chain/range of mountains
• to climb a mountain
• we spent a week walking in the mountains.
• to enjoy the mountain air/scenery

mountain

1. a very high hill, often with rocks near the top
• a chain/range of mountains
• to climb a mountain
• We spent a week walking in the mountains.
• to enjoy the mountain air/scenery
• mountain roads/streams/villages
• a mountain rescue team
• There is still snow on the mountain tops.
2. a very large amount or number of something
• a mountain of work
• We made mountains of sandwiches.
• the problem of Europe’s butter mountain (= the large amount of butter that has to be stored because it is not needed)
3. to make an unimportant matter seem important

Extra Examples

• Between the two towns was 50 miles of mountain country.
• Many people come simply to enjoy the fresh mountain air.
• Many people come to the resort simply to enjoy the fresh mountain air.
• Mountains loom in the distance.
• She arranged to meet the others halfway up the mountain.
• The earth tremor made the mountains shake.
• The enquiry generated a mountain of paperwork.
• The invading army could only penetrate the mountain barrier at one point.
• The mountains fall to the east to the flat expanse of the plateau.
• The mountains here rise to well over 2 000 m.
• The school was facing a mountain of debt.
• The surrounding mountains make the city difficult to evacuate.
• They revealed a solution to reduce Europe’s butter mountain.
• This type of goat lives high up in the mountains.
• Towering mountains surrounded the town.
• We crossed the rugged mountain heights.
• We enjoy walking in the mountains.
• a chain/range of mountains
• a large window overlooking the mountains
• a mountain-rescue team
• a pass through the mountains
• the holy mountain of the Lapp community
• We spent a week walking in the mountains.
• We stopped to enjoy the mountain scenery.
• mountain roads/streams/villages

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French montaigne, based on Latin mons, mont- ‘mountain’.