Rainier

[ ruh-neer, rey-, rey-neer ]

noun
  1. Mount, a volcanic peak in W Washington, in the Cascade Range. 14,408 feet (4,392 meters).

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How to use Rainier in a sentence

  • Mount Rainier is noted in Farnham's Travels, our volume xxix, p. 33, note 30.

  • The following day we could see Mt. Rainier, with its reflection in the placid waters of the bay.

  • Every boy and girl might well plan to walk round mighty Rainier on this commanding circle pathway.

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  • The uppermost edge of Rainier's dark primeval forest ends at timber-line in peninsulas, bays, and islands.

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  • One day I found a tiny tuft of bloom in a bit of soil on the very summit of Rainier.

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British Dictionary definitions for Rainier

Rainier

/ (ˈreɪnɪə, reɪˈnɪə, rə-) /


noun
  1. Mount Rainier a mountain in W Washington State: the highest mountain in the state and in the Cascade Range. Height: 4392 m (14 410 ft)

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