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mountainward

UK/ˈmaʊntɪnwəd/

mountainward adverb: towards a mountain or mountains.

Adverb

mountainward (comparative more mountainward, superlative most mountainward)

  1. Towards a mountain or mountains.
    • We dipped down to skirt a huge green polo field with another equally huge practice field beside it, soared again to the top of a hill and swung mountainward up a steep hill road of clean concrete that passed orange groves […]1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 150

Forms of mountainward

comparativemore mountainward
superlativemost mountainward

Origin of mountainward

From mountain + -ward.

Questions about mountainward

What does mountainward mean?
Mountainward means towards a mountain or mountains.
What part of speech is mountainward?
Mountainward is an adverb.
How do you pronounce mountainward?
Mountainward is pronounced /ˈmaʊntɪnwəd/ (UK).

Words near mountainward in the dictionary

  1. mountainsnails
  2. mountaintop
  3. mountaintop removal
  4. mountaintopism
  5. mountaintops
  6. mountainward
  7. mountainwards
  8. mountainy
  9. mountant
  10. mountants
  11. Mountbatten

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