Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mountaintop

/ˈmaʊnt(ɪ)nˌtɑp/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

Syllables: moun-tain-top
IPA: /ˈmaʊnt(ɪ)nˌtɑp/

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Situated or occurring on the summit of a mountain.

noun

The summit of a mountain.

Example Sentences

"So we follow dear Jenny along the mountaintop trail, until it descends to the forest below, where Maple and Oak, and violet Trefoil, and velvety Viburnum grow; where polynose clusters hang from Striped Maple, and Cinnamon Ferns that show."
"While I've gazed at the sky from my sleeping bag on isolated mountaintops in Montana and southern beaches of Mexico and seen a jazillion stars basking in the peace of the evening, only in Rishikesh do the jazillion merge upon another bajillion jazillion and seem to lay overhead thick as glittering ceiling tiles."

Etymology

From mountain + top.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmaʊnt(ɪ)nˌtɑp/

Inflected Forms

mountain top (alternative) mountaintops (plural)

Derived Forms

mountaintopism

Phrases

mountaintop removal snow on the mountaintop there may be snow on the mountaintop but there's fire in the valley

Questions

How do you pronounce mountaintop?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmaʊnt(ɪ)nˌtɑp/.
What does mountaintop mean?: Situated or occurring on the summit of a mountain.
Where does mountaintop come from?: From mountain + top.

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