White Mountains

American  

plural noun

1. a mountain range in northern New Hampshire, part of the Appalachian Mountains. Highest peak, Mount Washington, 6,293 feet (1,918 meters).

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White Mountains British  

plural noun

1. a mountain range in the US, chiefly in N New Hampshire: part of the Appalachians. Highest peak: Mount Washington, 1917 m (6288 ft)

2. a mountain range in the US, in E California and SW Nevada. Highest peak: White Mountain, 4342 m (14 246 ft)

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White Mountains Cultural  

1. A forested range of mountains in New Hampshire.

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Its highest point, Mount Washington, is the highest point in the northeastern United States and a popular tourist attraction.

Example Sentences

While countless details emerge the longer you spend with the work, the most charming is the pair of travelers perched atop the massive pile of hay being pulled across a shallow river by oxen—the couple seem to appreciate not just the beasts handling the heavy load, but the pristine view of the White Mountains their vantage affords them.

From The Wall Street Journal

According to court documents, Kerri Abatti moved to the 7,000-square-foot property in her hometown in the eastern White Mountains in 2023 after leaving her husband and initiating divorce proceedings.

From Los Angeles Times

The couple lived in El Centro before Kerri Abatti left in 2023 for Pinetop-Lakeside, Ariz. — her hometown in the eastern White Mountains.

From Los Angeles Times

Her divorce filings say she returned to Pinetop to help her ailing parents, but the hardscrabble town 7,000 feet high in Arizona’s eastern White Mountains is also where she was once considered a rising star, where culture is steeped in tradition and religion, and where familial bonds are staked in blood ties.

From Los Angeles Times

The town was settled by Kerri’s Mormon ancestors, Polly Ann and William Lewis Penrod, who’d been called by Brigham Young to uproot their nine children from Utah and, with hundreds of others, colonize the Little Colorado River Valley — an area that stretches south and east through the White Mountains toward the New Mexico border.

From Los Angeles Times