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Mount Everest

American  

noun

  1. Everest.

  2. something regarded as the most difficult or challenging of its kind.

    the Mount Everest of international sailing.


Mount Everest Cultural  
  1. Mountain on the border of Tibet and Nepal in the central Himalayas.


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At over 29,000 feet, it is the highest peak in the world.

It was first scaled in 1953 by Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal.

Example Sentences

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She trekked to base camp at Mount Everest.

From The Wall Street Journal

She hiked to Mount Everest base camp with friends.

From Los Angeles Times

Nepal, home to eight of the world's 10 highest peaks including Mount Everest, faces particular challenges as many high-altitude areas may be snowbound that early in the year.

From Barron's

These chemicals have been detected virtually everywhere on Earth, from the top of Mount Everest to inside human blood and brains.

From Barron's

A scheme to encourage climbers to bring their waste down from Mount Everest is being scrapped - with Nepalese authorities telling the BBC it has been a failure.

From BBC