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Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss.
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- a. Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss.
- a. Inhabiting mountains.
- a. Large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk; as, a mountainous heap.
- adj. having hills and crags
- adj. like a mountain in size and impressiveness
- adj. containing many mountains
- 1. Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss. 2. Inhabiting mountains. [Obs.] Bacon. 3. Large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk; as, a mountainous heap. Prior.
- j:100 s. like a mountain in size and impressiveness s. containing many mountains