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mountain

 
 
/ˈmaʊntɪn/ noun [C]

Definition

HILL a very high hill: to climb a mountain a mountain range
PILE informal a large pile of something: There's a mountain of papers on my desk.
(Definition of mountain noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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