mountainside

noun

moun·​tain·​side ˈmau̇n-tᵊn-ˌsīd How to pronounce mountainside (audio)
: the side of a mountain

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The Rooms The resort's 148 guest rooms and 40 suites ascend toward the ocean in different tiers on flourishing mountainsides. Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2025 Groups were scaling the 30-foot steel border fence with rope ladders, or crawling through gaps sawed into the old steel mesh fencing, hundreds of people a day in a 20-mile stretch starting at the rugged mountainside of Mt. Cristo Rey. Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 26 May 2025 Green islands with white mountainsides, motionless in the blue sea, which seemed to tremble from the glinting reflections of the sun. Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025 Fence bears out With snow still clinging to mountainsides and bears still asleep, some 30 people have shown up in a converted Fernie railway station to discuss grizzly bear coexistence. Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for mountainside

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mountainside was in the 14th century

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“Mountainside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mountainside. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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mountainside

noun
moun·​tain·​side ˈmau̇nt-ᵊn-ˌsīd How to pronounce mountainside (audio)
: the side of a mountain
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