alp
noun
a high mountain.
alp
1 American
[alp]
/ ælp /
noun
A.L.P.
2
American
Or
ALP
abbreviation
alp
1
British
/ ælp /
noun
-
(in the European Alps) an area of pasture above the valley bottom but below the mountain peaks
-
a high mountain
ALP
2
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of alp
First recorded in 1635–1645; back formation from Alps
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Judd added that she recently walked another alp in Ticino, Switzerland, and went on to note that she has to rebuild her stamina.
From Fox News ● Aug. 1, 2021
Back at Hyak, a sunbreak offered a peek across the highway to the Gold Creek valley, with mighty Alaska Mountain at its head, as impressive as a Swiss alp and barely an hour from home.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2021
Even now, crouching beneath extinction’s alp, she remains tenaciously, incorrigibly herself.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2015
Its staging — a ring of silken mashed potatoes around an alp of soft braised meat and lush cabbage — suggests a homey German meal by way of, well, Neuschwanstein Castle.
From Washington Post ● May 26, 2015
An 1870s account, quoted in Into the Mountains, observes: “Mt. Lafayette is...a true alp, with peaks and crags on which lightnings play, its sides brown with scars and deep with gorges.”
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
“There has been some misbehavior by A.L.P., there are members who have violated Afghan law and who do things they shouldn’t do,” Colonel Bryant said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2013
The Interior Ministry released a vague statement on Sunday saying that two men had been arrested in connection with a case in which “an A.L.P. commander had harassed a young woman.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2012
That is what we have with the A.L.P.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2011
But what is really important is that the A.L.P. must be regulated.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2011
Such unanimous resolve is just one of several preconditions that have made parts of Arghandab uniquely suited to the A.L.P. — but that are also often lacking elsewhere in Afghanistan.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2011
Based on the photos, the items appeared to be from companies like ALP Drifter Nicotine, Footlocker, Epson, DeepCool AI, Renkus-Heinz and Medicube.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Without authorization, products like ALP are subject to FDA enforcement, which can include fines and warning letters.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2026
In that instance, however, the ALP paid for flights and daily stipends.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2024
High levels of ALP can signal cancer, a problem with the liver or mononucleosis.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2022
The level of serum ALP is so low that it is very difficult to measure directly.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
