mountaintop

American  

[moun-tn-top] / ˈmaʊn tnˌtɒp /

noun

1. the top or summit of a mountain.

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adjective

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

   a mountaintop house.

Etymology

Origin of mountaintop

First recorded in 1585–95; mountain + top ¹

Example Sentences

Each day thousands of visitors pile into the area to hike through pristine jungle to white-sand beaches or to Colombia's mountaintop Lost City, which predates Peru's Machu Picchu.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Kid Rock -- whose real name is Robert Ritchie -- posted a video on X over the weekend showing a helicopter hovering near his mountaintop home's swimming pool as he clapped and saluted.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

It’s ultra-rare for a team to head into the playoffs on a down note yet still reach the mountaintop.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

Existing radar stations in the West don’t perform well because of the mountains, so Rainmaker installed its own radar station—lowered by a helicopter onto a mountaintop in southern Idaho—to improve data collection in the area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

And up the river on the mountaintop was Sam.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George