mountain range

noun

Definition of mountain rangenext
as in cordillera

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  1. cordillera
  2. mountain
  3. mount
  4. sierra
  5. range
  6. peak
  7. hump
Noun
  • Among the displays are ceramic figures, scale models and paintings that narrate indigenous traditions in the Andes cordillera, from the first settlements dating back 15,000 years to the birth of the Tiwanaku state and the rise of the Incan empire.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Away to the west, mountains rode the horizons, granite faced, severe, not the Andes yet, but the cordillera of the pre-Andes.
    Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2019
Definition of cordillera
Noun
  • One foot of snow has already hit the mountains west of Redding, California. ABC News' Marilyn Heck contributed to this report.
    Max Golembo, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Meanwhile, back in Mosser’s neighborhood, community members were working to fill in the road just enough so that her husband and son could safely get down off the mountain to be with her.
    Michelle Boudin, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of mountain
Noun
  • The aluminum mount is super strong, and attaches to basically anything—a camper, roof rack, your 4Runner’s trunk, or a truck bed’s tie down rails.
    The Editors, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Berger mounts whispered conversations in shadowy hallways, deploys slow-motion sequences backed up by an operatic score, and builds striking tableaus of cardinals warily eyeing one another—elements that are then deliberately paired with hammy, self-aware dialogue.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of mount
Noun
  • Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Web cams pointed at Yosemite Valley’s famous granite features, including Half Dome and El Capitan, showed the high sierra landscape completely smoked out, with terrible visibility, on Thursday afternoon.
    Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 17 Sep. 2020
Definition of sierra
Noun
  • Two others show a smaller — though still significant — effect, in the $1,700 to $2,600 range.
    Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • For single filers, the phase-out starts at $150,000 and ends at $165,000, up from the 2024 range of $146,000–$161,000.
    Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of range
Noun
  • Crookes And Jackson Stretching from the Rift Valley to the slopes of Mount Kenya, the vast Laikipia Plateau is a compelling alternative to the Masai Mara—where overcrowding can impact the wilderness experience, especially during the peak of the migration.
    Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Nov. 2024
  • At the peak of their growth, the crazy ant supercolony covered up to 25% of the island.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of peak
Noun
  • What stands out the most in the new research is an anatomical feature suggested by the woolly rhino’s bone structure but never seen before: a fatty hump on the back of the juvenile Abyisky woolly rhino.
    Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Speed humps aren't scary if it's equipped with the £2,200 ($2,855) lift kit, which raises and lowers the front end in just four seconds—a six-second improvement over the 720S.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of hump
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