Lassen Peak

[ las-uhn ]

/ ˈlæs ən /

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noun

an active volcano in N California, in the S Cascade Range. 10,465 feet (3,190 meters).

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Also called Mount Lassen.

Words nearby Lassen Peak

lass, Lassa, Lassa fever, Lassalle, Lassa virus, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, lassi, lassie, lassitude, lasso

How to use Lassen Peak in a sentence

After a full night’s sleep, we both felt like warriors, so we sped off across the park’s main road to summit its namesake mountain, Lassen Peak.
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That was the extent of it during the peak of the flames, and the numbers that swooshed around in the press the next day.
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At its peak, his business made as much as $30,000 a year—provided he worked the entire month of December.
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At his year-end, pre-Hawaii press conference, we caught a rare glimpse of peak Obama.
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The series came to life just as the era of “hatewatching” was at its peak.
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Following a peak of 153 new cases a week in August, Lofa was down to just four new cases for the week ending Nov. 1.
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Three days later he was in Switzerland, and a few days later again he was on the summit of a minor but still difficult peak.
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The Hope lay safely moored, with her ensign at the peak, and flying the distinguished flag of the firm.
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We passed a heap of black ashes, which anywhere but at the base of the peak would be called a respectable mountain.
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The Peak District in Derbyshire we omitted for the same reason—a previous visit.
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The ice is procured from a large cavern near the cone of the peak; it is almost full of the finest ice all the year round.
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British Dictionary definitions for Lassen Peak

Lassen Peak

/ (ˈlæsən) /

noun

a volcano in S California, in the S Cascade Range. An area of 416 sq km (161 sq miles) was established as Lassen Volcanic National Park in 1916. Height: 3187 m (10 457 ft)

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