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false summit

false summit noun: a minor peak or shoulder on a mountain which appears, when approached from below, to be the principal summit.

Noun

false summit (plural false summits)

  1. A minor peak or shoulder on a mountain which appears, when approached from below, to be the principal summit.
    Synonyms:
    false peak

Synonyms of false summit

  • false peak

Forms of false summit

pluralfalse summits

Questions about false summit

What does false summit mean?
False summit means a minor peak or shoulder on a mountain which appears, when approached from below, to be the principal summit.
What part of speech is false summit?
False summit is a noun.
What is the plural of false summit?
The plural of false summit is false summits.

Words near false summit in the dictionary

  1. false starts
  2. false step
  3. false steps
  4. false strawberries
  5. false strawberry
  6. false summit
  7. false summits
  8. false tack
  9. false tacks
  10. false teeth
  11. false tree

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