alp

[ alp ]

/ ælp /

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noun

a high mountain.

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Origin of alp

First recorded in 1635–1645; back formation from Alps

Words nearby alp

a lot, aloud, alouette, alow, Aloysius, alp, alpaca, Alpena, alpenglow, alpenhorn, alpenstock

Other definitions for alp (2 of 2)

A.L.P.

or ALP

abbreviation

American Labor Party.

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How to use alp in a sentence

ALP casualty rates are said to be double those of the Afghan National Army and National Police.
Afghanistan’s Rape Crisis: Villagers Fear U.S.-Backed Militias|Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau|May 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In many villages, peasants have a hard time telling the difference between the ALP and the many arbakai.
Afghanistan’s Rape Crisis: Villagers Fear U.S.-Backed Militias|Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau|May 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Over the past six months at least 180 ALP officers have been killed.
Afghanistan’s Rape Crisis: Villagers Fear U.S.-Backed Militias|Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau|May 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The official adds that young boys, too, are not immune from sexual assault by the ALP and arbakai.
Afghanistan’s Rape Crisis: Villagers Fear U.S.-Backed Militias|Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau|May 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST

He says they were wearing the khaki-colored uniforms of the ALP.
Afghanistan’s Rape Crisis: Villagers Fear U.S.-Backed Militias|Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau|May 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They always treated me as though I were an invalid; and kept me for a year or two squatting on an Alp on account of my lungs.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson
Grimm has recorded that in old German, the caterpillar was named Alba, and that the Alp often takes the form of a butterfly.
Archaic England|Harold Bayley
Hermione blushed like an Alp-rose in the snow, and turned her head away from him.
Paul Patoff|F. Marion Crawford
It was a lovely morning, though Alp-like masses of cloud in the distance gave promise of thunder.
Forging the Blades|Bertram Mitford
In the "Voyages" we find the most correct delineation, in words and sketches, of the peculiarities and glories of Alp-land.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865|Various

British Dictionary definitions for alp (1 of 2)

alp

/ (ælp) /

noun

(in the European Alps) an area of pasture above the valley bottom but below the mountain peaks

a high mountain

Word Origin for alp

C14: back formation from Alps, from French Alpes (pl), from Latin Alpēs, from Greek Alpeis

British Dictionary definitions for alp (2 of 2)

ALP

abbreviation for

Australian Labor Party

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