mountain chain
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of mountain chain
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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The probe’s instrumental readings of these changes in direction resembled a zig-zagging mountain trail, giving them the name “switchbacks.”
From Science Magazine • Sep. 13, 2022
They said they built the original out of stainless steel in just a few hours Tuesday and carried the 10-foot-long piece 2 miles up the 1,300-foot mountain trail.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2020
For my money, Bulldog Road, known simply as "Bulldog" in trail running circles, is the gnarliest, lung-searingest, Achilles tendon-strainingest, soul-suckingest mountain trail run in Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2017
Or walking alone on a mountain trail, a man coming toward me, just the two of us: “Look who’s here?”
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2017
I spotted him easily—a figure walking along the mountain trail high in the distance.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
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