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Origin of mountain chain

First recorded in 1815–25

Words nearby mountain chain

mountain bluebird, mountain bluet, mountainboard, Mountain Brook, mountain cat, mountain chain, mountain climbing, mountain cranberry, mountain currant, mountain daisy, mountain devil

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How to use mountain chain in a sentence

Even more tellingly, the zebra-stripe pattern turned out to be symmetrical on either side of the long, snaking underwater mountain chains known as mid-ocean ridges.
A WWII submarine-hunting device helped prove the theory of plate tectonics|Carolyn Gramling|July 2, 2021|Science News
Using sonar, which pings the seafloor with sound waves and listens for a return pulse, researchers mapped out the extent of a continuous and branching underwater mountain chain with a long crack running right down its center.
How the Earth-shaking theory of plate tectonics was born|Carolyn Gramling|January 13, 2021|Science News
On every side towered the immense peaks of one of the loftiest spurs of the grandest mountain chain of America.
Two Boys in Wyoming|Edward S. Ellis
From the ridge the road runs eastward along a branch of the principal mountain chain.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi

He found a path that led from the bank of the river, through the woods, across the mountain chain.
Complete Short Works|Georg Ebers
The hollow centre of this triangle, as appears by the accompanying map, is occupied by the Allegheny mountain chain.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations|William Z. Ripley
The razor-back mountain chain, upon one peak of which Les Baux sits, is known as the Alpilles.
The Automobilist Abroad|M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

British Dictionary definitions for mountain chain

mountain chain

noun

a series of ranges of mountains

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mountain chain

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