mountain chain
Americannoun
-
mountain chains
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of mountain chain
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Leopards occur and move all along the length of the Cape Fold Belt mountain chain, which serves as a refuge for the cats.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026
AFP joined as it surveyed biodiversity on a deep-sea mountain chain off Sulawesi island.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
Just below the waves, coral reefs stretch for miles along an underwater mountain chain.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2021
It runs for nearly 10,000 miles, making it the planet’s longest mountain chain.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2016
I at length again reached the limestone region; but I must have been a great deal too far east; for the mountain chain was much lower than at the spot where I had crossed it.
From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
