Mount Everest

American  

noun

1. Everest.

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

   the Mount Everest of international sailing.

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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

Jim Whittaker, the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest, has died aged 97, according to his family.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

In 2024, a glacial lake in Nepal burst, cascading into another lake that also burst, washing away Thame, the hometown of Tenzing Norgay, who, alongside Edmund Hillary, achieved the first recorded summit of Mount Everest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

She hiked to Mount Everest base camp with friends.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

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 • Jan. 28, 2026

Calls were expensive—about five dollars a minute—and they didn’t always go through, but the fact that my wife could dial a thirteen-digit number in Seattle and speak to me on Mount Everest astounded me.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer