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# mountainous

adjective (mountainous)

«mountainous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Mountainous means having many mountains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountainous/#m1)
2. Mountainous can mean huge, like mountainous waves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountainous/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography, mountainous countries and regions (like Switzerland, Nepal or the Scottish Highlands) are often cold, with fewer roads and towns. In stories, mountainous waves show a dangerous storm.

### Examples

- Switzerland is a mountainous country. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountainous/#x1)
- The road through the mountainous area was narrow and steep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountainous/#x2)
- Few people live in mountainous places. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountainous/#x3)
- Mountainous waves crashed over the ship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountainous/#x4)
- We hiked across mountainous land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountainous/#x5)
- It snows a lot in mountainous regions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountainous/#x6)
- "Ho! ho! ho!" quoth the Giant, shaking his mountainous sides. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountainous/#x7)

### Note

Spelled mountain + ous. Not used for a single mountain: say "a mountainous region", not "a mountainous mountain". Opposite: flat, low-lying.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mountainous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mountainous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mountainous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mountainous.html) on Mova free.