high country
high country noun: terrain that is at a relatively high elevation — generally, higher than foothills but not above the timberline — consisting of mountainous areas or elevated expanses of plain.
Noun
high country (uncountable)
- Terrain that is at a relatively high elevation — generally, higher than foothills but not above the timberline — consisting of mountainous areas or elevated expanses of plain.
- Near-synonyms: highlands, upcountry, upland; plateau, tableland, mesa
- We had topped the high country, too, and had started down the other side of the mountains that ran out on the promontory.1907, Stewart Edward White, chapter 13, in Arizona Nights
Examples of high country in a sentence
- September had now come and the winds were growing crisper in the high country.1915, Joseph A. Altsheler, chapter 13, in The Rock of Chickamauga:
- I grew up in Washington State, and have hiked the high country since I was a boy scout in the '60s.2001 August 6, Curt Eidem, “Letters: The War over the West”, in Time:
Synonyms of high country
Questions about high country
- What does high country mean?
- High country means terrain that is at a relatively high elevation — generally, higher than foothills but not above the timberline — consisting of mountainous areas or elevated expanses of plain.
- How do you use high country in a sentence?
- September had now come and the winds were growing crisper in the high country.
- What part of speech is high country?
- High country is a noun.
Words near high country in the dictionary
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