mountainside

[ moun-tn-sahyd ]

/ ˈmaʊn tnˌsaɪd /

noun

the side or slope of a mountain.

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Origin of mountainside

1300–50; Middle English. See mountain, side¹

Words nearby mountainside

mountain wind, mountainboard, mountaineer, mountaineering, mountainous, mountainside, mountaintop, mountainy, mountbatten, mountebank, mounted

Example sentences from the Web for mountainside

When Hanifa reached what seemed a safe place on the mountainside, she called her sisters.
Hanifa's Story: Her Five Sisters Taken by ISIS to Be Sold or Worse|Christine van den Toorn|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Orange parka-clad instructors escorted Marines up and down the mountainside.
Homefront Veterans: Skiing With Wounded Warriors|John Kael Weston|February 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As superheated liquid rock and gas gushed down the mountainside, an estimated 12,000 local people perished within 24 hours.
The Year Without Summer and Climate Change Today|Mark Hertsgaard|March 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Everyone ascends via the same route, clipping into ropes stitched up the mountainside—six miles of it—all the way to the top.
Mount Everest Suffers From Too Many Climbers and Deteriorating Conditions|Nick Heil|May 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST

He had tunneled into the mountainside where he stored all this weaponry.
Osama bin Laden's Death: Obama's Biggest Mistake?|Ron Moreau|May 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Hilda the Sunbeam was not despised because she climbed the mountainside to fetch milk and butter for the family.
Erling the Bold|R.M. Ballantyne
It led along a slight depression that ran diagonally down the mountainside.
The Young Wireless Operator--As a Fire Patrol|Lewis E. Theiss
Next day the arduous work of cutting a road through the forest and up the mountainside was begun.
The Pioneers|R.M. Ballantyne
Then they went slowly down the mountainside and toward night camped on a stream.
Jack the Young Explorer|George Bird Grinnell
And then Nimble trotted off down the mountainside, heading for Cedar Swamp.
The Tale of Nimble Deer|Arthur Scott Bailey

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