Mountaintop Meaning
/ˈmaʊnt(ɪ)nˌtɑp/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe summit of a mountain.
adjSituated or occurring on the summit of a mountain.
Sentence Examples
It is difficult for you to climb to the mountaintop.
The party reached the mountaintop yesterday.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The climbers finally reached the ____ after three days of effort.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
From the ____, we could see for miles in every direction, watching the soft white clouds drift slowly through the quiet blue valley below.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English mountain English top English mountaintop From mountain + top.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"So we follow dear Jenny along the mountaintop trail, until it descends to the forest below, where Maple and Oak, and violet Trefoil, and velvety Viburnum grow; where polynose clusters hang from Striped Maple, and Cinnamon Ferns that show."
— 2007, Hal Laza, The Green Embrace, page 77:
"While I've gazed at the sky from my sleeping bag on isolated mountaintops in Montana and southern beaches of Mexico and seen a jazillion stars basking in the peace of the evening, only in Rishikesh do the jazillion merge upon another bajillion jazillion and seem to lay overhead thick as glittering ceiling tiles."
— 2016, Claire Krulikowski, Moonlight on the Ganga:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The climbers finally reached the ____ after three days of effort.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
From the ____, we could see for miles in every direction, watching the soft white clouds drift slowly through the quiet blue valley below.