Chimborazo

[ chim-buh-rah-zoh, -rey-; Spanish cheem-baw-rah-saw ]

noun

1. a volcano in central Ecuador, in the Andes. 20,702 feet (6,310 meters).

Chimborazo

/ tʃimboˈrazo; -ˈreɪ-; ˌtʃɪmbəˈrɑːzəʊ /

noun

1. an extinct volcano in central Ecuador, in the Andes: the highest peak in Ecuador. Height: 6267 m (20 561 ft)

Example Sentences

After one night’s sleep in between climbs, they started up on Chimborazo.

From Outside Online

Bolívar Cáceres, a meteorologist and the head of Ecuador’s Glacier Program, says the temporary ban will allow Chimborazo’s fickle snowpack to stabilize without putting any more climbers at risk.

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You can drive with an SUV to the parking lot of Chimborazo, and you are already at 17,000 feet.

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On the contrary, it is of a pitch of darkness which, except on Mont Blanc or Chimborazo, is as purely impossible as colour can be.

From Project Gutenberg

A drive to the farm was one of the greatest pleasures Chimborazo had, so he answered promptly, “Oh, dear!”

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But Chimborazo is sure of a worshipper the moment its overwhelming grandeur breaks upon the traveller.

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It is only while sailing on the Pacific that one sees Chimborazo in its complete proportions.

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Chimborazo is very likely not a solid mountain; trachytic volcanoes are supposed to be full of cavities.

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