mountaintop

[moun-tn-top]

noun

1. the top tops or summit of a mountain.

adjective

1. situated at the top tops or summit of a mountain.

   a mountaintop house.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mountaintop¹

First recorded in 1585–95; mountain + top ¹

Example Sentences

That, almost two decades removed from the franchise’s last World Series, they can climb to baseball’s mountaintop once again.

From Los Angeles Times

On a grey, foggy morning, as a group of mourners have gathered on an Appalachian mountaintop, a woman played by folksinger Hazel Dickens begins to sing.

From Salon

Stopped by TV reporters outside the mountaintop jail on the outskirts of Medellin and asked if he was a friend of Escobar's, the goalkeeper controversially replied that he was.

From BBC

Today, more than 1,100 mountaintop cameras positioned across California are already using artificial intelligence to scan the landscape for the first sign of flames and prompt crews to spring into action.

From Los Angeles Times

Nowhere is the tragedy of the commons more literally and devastatingly visible than in mountaintop removal coal mining.

From Salon