mountainous
(adjective) containing many mountains
mountainous
(adjective) like a mountain in size and impressiveness; “mountainous waves”; “a mountainous dark man”
cragged, craggy, hilly, mountainous
(adjective) having hills and crags; “hilly terrain”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mountainous (comparative more mountainous, superlative most mountainous)
Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.
Resembling a mountain, especially in size; huge; towering.
(figurative, of a problem or task) Very difficult.
(obsolete) Inhabiting mountains; hence, barbarous.
• See also gigantic
Source: Wiktionary
Moun"tain*ous, a. Etym: [F. montagneux, L. montaniosus.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
