Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mountain-lover

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables: moun-tain-lover
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of mountain lover.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In Virginia and West Virginia the mountain-lover, Pachystima Canby,^([sic – meaning canbyi]) with tiny inconspicuous flowers, a low evergreen shrub, anchored [erroneous line] among rocky slopes like Andromeda to her ledge, sees the chimney swift, seaside sparrow and towee^([sic – meaning towhee]) coming North, longing, perhaps, to follow."
"We walk carefully through the woodland looking for the tiny green mountain-lover."
"A shrub called mountain-lover, a member of the bittersweet family, appears in Jessamine Creek Gorge, said Tara Littlefield, a botanist with the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

mountain-lovers (plural)

Questions

What does mountain-lover mean?: Alternative form of mountain lover.

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