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man-mountain

man-mountain noun: a physically large, powerful, and imposing man.

Noun

man-mountain (plural man-mountains)

  1. A physically large, powerful, and imposing man.
    • Frank was squashed by having this man-mountain on top of him, but didn’t feel this was the right moment to complain.2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

Forms of man-mountain

pluralman-mountains

Questions about man-mountain

What does man-mountain mean?
Man-mountain means a physically large, powerful, and imposing man.
What part of speech is man-mountain?
Man-mountain is a noun.
What is the plural of man-mountain?
The plural of man-mountain is man-mountains.

Words near man-mountain in the dictionary

  1. man-minute
  2. man-minutes
  3. man-mode
  4. man-month
  5. man-months
  6. man-mountain
  7. man-mountains
  8. man-o'-war
  9. man-o'-war suit
  10. man-o'-war suits
  11. man-o-war

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