mountaintop

noun

moun·​tain·​top ˈmau̇n-tᵊn-ˌtäp How to pronounce mountaintop (audio)
: the summit of a mountain

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The ideal mountaintop for a Machiavellian hand-puppet, the legendary wrist of Academy Award winner John Lithgow was a major draw for Jenny’s designer too. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025 Glenwood Springs is also home to America’s only mountaintop theme park (with the highest looping roller coaster in the U.S.) and plenty of hiking. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2025 Questions still outweigh answers more than a week after beloved actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their secluded, mountaintop home just outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025 The sky’s a cloudless blue, and breezes kiss the mountaintops and hillside trails. Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mountaintop

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First Known Use

circa 1522, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mountaintop was circa 1522

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“Mountaintop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mountaintop. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.

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mountaintop

noun
moun·​tain·​top ˈmau̇nt-ᵊn-ˌtäp How to pronounce mountaintop (audio)
: the peak of a mountain

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