Olives

[ ol-ivz ]

noun

1. Mount of, a small ridge E of Jerusalem, in what is now Jordan. Highest point, 2,737 feet (834m).

Olives

/ ˈɒlɪvz /

noun

1. Mount of Olives
   Mount of Olives a hill to the east of Jerusalem: in New Testament times the village Bethany (Mark 11:11) was on its eastern slope and Gethsemane on its western one

Example Sentences

She has eyes like black olives and shoulder-length brown hair.

From The Daily Beast

They just hung around the Mount of Olives evangelizing themselves.

From The Daily Beast

She remembers the house where she lived with her family and the garden where they grew tomatoes, lemons and olives.

From The Daily Beast

Palestinians and their Israeli and international allies are routinely attacked while attempting to harvest olives.

From The Daily Beast

We eat dinner—maybe pasta with black olives and a salad—and watch a movie.

From The Daily Beast

Arrived in the valley of Josaphat, the body was gently placed in a sepulcher of stone not far from the Garden of Olives.

From Project Gutenberg

We had sandwiches and chicken salad and olives and three kinds of cake and ice cream for refreshments.

From Project Gutenberg

Grain and grapes and olives furnished subsistence for all who did not live to eat.

From Project Gutenberg

The best oil was made from olives not fully ripe, but the largest quantity was yielded by the ripened fruit.

From Project Gutenberg

Sarelli, who sat on her right hand, seemed to partake of little except olives, which he dipped into a glass of sherry.

From Project Gutenberg