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mountaintop

US/ˈmaʊnt(ɪ)nˌtɑp/
nounB1+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,546 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: mountaintops

A mountaintop is the highest part of a mountain. On the mountaintop, a mountaintop view, mountaintop removal.

The figurative use comes from the Bible and from Martin Luther King's last speech, where a mountaintop is where a promised land can be seen. Mountaintop removal is a form of coal mining that takes the summit off entirely.

Definitions of mountaintop

  1. 1nounmountaintopThe highest part of a mountain.B1+

    “From the mountaintop, we could see the whole valley and the lake below.”

mountaintop is a summit.

Where it comes from

From mountain + top.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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mountaintop in the wild

  • Mountaintop removal mining (MTR), also known as mountaintop mining (MTM), is a form of surface mining at the summit or summit ridge of a mountain.

    Mountaintop removal mining

  • There is a small park on the mountaintop.

    Bon Air (Pittsburgh)

  • Maria Gunnoe is a native West Virginian who opposes mountaintop removal mining, and is a winner of the Goldman Prize and Wallenberg Medal.

    Maria Gunnoe

  • The film explores how mountaintop removal mining in West Virginia has affected local communities.

    Mountaintop Removal (film)

  • Cirsium eatonii, commonly known as Eaton's thistle or mountaintop thistle, is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

    Cirsium eatonii

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.