MOUNTAIN PEAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain peak mean? 

• MOUNTAIN PEAK (noun)
  The noun MOUNTAIN PEAK has 1 sense:

1. the summit of a mountain

  Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN PEAK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOUNTAIN PEAK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The summit of a mountain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("mountain peak" is a kind of...):

crest; crown; peak; summit; tip; top (the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill))

Instance hyponyms:

Nanda Devi (a mountain in the Himalayas in northern India (25,660 feet high))

Pissis (a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,241 feet high))

Pike's Peak (a mountain peak in the Rockies in central Colorado (14,109 feet high))

Liakoura; Mount Parnassus; Parnassus ((Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry)

Mount Olympus; Mt. Olympus; Olimbos; Olympus (a mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (9,570 feet high))

Ojos del Salado (a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,572 feet high))

Nuptse (a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (25,726 feet high))

North Peak (19,370 feet high)

Nanga Parbat (a mountain in the Himalayas in Kashmir (26,660 feet high))

Pobeda Peak; Pobedy Peak (a mountain peak in the Tien Shan mountains in northern India (24,406 feet high))

Nacimiento (a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,302 feet high))

Muztag; Muztagh (a highest mountain peak in the Kunlun Shan in China; near the Indian border (23,891 feet high))

Mount Elbert (the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,431 feet high))

Mount Bartle Frere (the highest mountain peak in Queensland, Australia)

Mont Blanc; Monte Bianco (the highest mountain peak in the Alps; on the border between France and Italy to the south of Geneva (15,781 feet high))

Mercedario (a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,210 feet high))

Denali; McKinley; Mount McKinley; Mt. McKinley (a mountain in south central Alaska; the highest peak in North America (20,300 feet high))

Tirich Mir (a mountain in the Hindu Kush in Pakistan (25,230 feet high))

Yerupaja (a mountain peak in the Andes in Peru (21,709 feet high))

Mount Wilson; Wilson (a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high))

Mount Whitney; Whitney (the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high))

Wheeler Peak (a mountain peak in northeastern New Mexico in the Rocky Mountains)

Weisshorn (a mountain in the Alps in Switzerland (14,804 feet high))

Uncompahgre Peak (the highest peak in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado (14,309 feet high))

Ulugh Muz Tagh; Ulugh Muztagh (a mountain in the Kunlun range in China (25,340 feet high))

Tupungato (a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,310 feet high))

Matterhorn (a mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy (14,780 feet high); noted for its distinctive shape)

Mount Sinai; Sinai (a mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which Moses received the Ten Commandments)

Mount Sherman; Sherman (a peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,036 feet high))

Mount Shasta; Shasta (a volcanic mountain peak in the Cascade Range in northern California (14,162 feet high))

Sajama (a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high))

Mount Rushmore; Mt. Rushmore; Rushmore (a mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota; the likenesses of Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln and Roosevelt are carved on it)

Mount Rainier; Mount Tacoma; Mt. Rainier; Rainier (a mountain peak in central Washington; highest peak in the Cascade Range; (14,410 feet high))

Rakaposhi (a mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir (25,560 feet high))

Chimborazo (a mountain peak in the Andes in Ecuador (20,560 feet high))

Gasherbrum (a mountain in northern Kashmir (26,470 feet high))

Galan (a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high))

Everest; Mount Everest; Mt. Everest (a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal; the highest mountain peak in the world (29,028 feet high))

El Muerto (a mountain peak in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (21,457 feet high))

El Libertador (a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high))

Dhaulagiri (a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (26,820 feet high))

Coropuna (a mountain peak in the Andes in Peru (21,083 feet high))

Communism Peak; Mount Communism; Mount Garmo; Stalin Peak (the highest mountain peak in the Pamir Mountains; near the Chinese border in northeastern Tajikistan (24,590 feet high))

Gosainthan (a mountain in the Himalayas in Tibet (26,290 feet high))

Changtzu (a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (24,780 feet high))

Cachi (a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high))

Bonete (a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,546 feet high))

Ararat; Mount Ararat; Mt. Ararat (the mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded)

Anapurna; Annapurna (a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (26,500 feet high))

Ancohuma (a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,960 feet high))

Adam's Peak; Samanala (a mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high))

Adams; Mount Adams (a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high))

Kamet (a mountain in the Himalayas in northern India (25,450 feet high))

Makalu (a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (27,790 feet high))

Logan; Mount Logan (a mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high))

Llullaillaco (a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,057 feet high))

Lhotse (a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (27,890 feet high))

Laudo (a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (20,997 feet high))

Kilimanjaro; Mount Kilimanjaro (the highest peak in Africa; located in northeastern Tanzania; 19,340 feet high)

Kanchanjanga; Kanchenjunga; Kinchinjunga; Mount Kanchenjunga (a mountain the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet (28,208 feet high))

Aconcagua (the highest mountain in the western hemisphere; located in the Andes in western Argentina (22,834 feet high))

Dapsang; Godwin Austen; K2; Mount Godwin Austen (a mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir; the 2nd highest peak in the world (28,250 feet high))

Illimani (a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,201 feet high))

Illampu (a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,870 feet high))

Hubbard; Mount Hubbard (a mountain peak in southeastern Alaska that is part of the Coast Range (14,950 feet high))

Huascaran (a mountain in the Andes in Peru (22,205 feet high))

Handies Peak (a mountain peak in the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado (14,048 feet high))

Grand Teton (a mountain peak in northwestern Wyoming; the highest peak in the Teton Range (13,766 feet high))

Holonyms ("mountain peak" is a part of...):

mount; mountain (a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill)