mountain range
noun/ˈmaʊn.tɪn ɹeɪndʒ/
Etymology From mountain + range.
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Geography, Natural sciences A series of adjoining mountains, often in a line.
- For the first 60 miles from Padang Besar, the railway passes through a succession of rice fields, with villages at regular intervals, but then crosses a jungle-clad mountain range to reach the west coast.1955 April, “Notes and News: A Journey through Thailand”, in Railway Magazine, page 287:
- Synonyms
- Note: Names of mountain ranges often simply use the plural of a name for an individual mountain: alps, highlands, hills, mountains, etc. See Thesaurus:mountain. Also, in informal usage that part is often omitted entirely, and the first part pluralized: the Rocky Mountains can be called the Rockies., mountain chain, mountain range, range
- Derived terms
- Andean Mountain Range
- Related terms
- mountain chain, :Category:en:Mountains
- Hypernyms
- landform
- Hyponyms
- sierra
- Holonyms
- cordillera
- Meronyms
- mountain