Mount Everest

noun

1. Everest.

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

   the Mount Everest of international sailing.

Mount Everest

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

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

Home to eight of the world's 10 highest peaks, including Mount Everest, Nepal welcomes hundreds of climbers and trekkers every year.

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Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the first expedition to successfully scale the summit of Mount Everest, has died in the Nepali capital Kathmandu, aged 92.

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Clear skies, calm winds and a panoramic view of Himalayan peaks draped in snow - that is the autumn hikers on Mount Everest have come to love.

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A total of 580 hikers who were trapped by severe weather near Mount Everest have been guided to safety in Tibet, according to Chinese state media.

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Heavy snowfall began on Friday evening and has intensified on the eastern slopes of Mount Everest in Tibet, which is an area popular with climbers and hikers.

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