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nine-thousander

nine-thousander noun: any mountain that extends more than 9,000 metres (29,528 ft) from the surface.

Noun

nine-thousander (plural nine-thousanders)

  1. Any mountain that extends more than 9,000 metres (29,528 ft) from the surface.
    • Let’s say that Everest was 200 meters higher, that is, a nine-thousander peak. Would an ascent without additional oxygen still be possible?2018 August 5, Johanna Stöckl, “Reinhold Messner and his famous expedition to Mount Everest: “You mutate into a zombie””, in ISPO
  2. Any mountain that extends more than 9,000 feet but less than 10,000 feet above sea level.

Forms of nine-thousander

pluralnine-thousanders

Origin of nine-thousander

From nine thousand + -er.

Questions about nine-thousander

What does nine-thousander mean?
Nine-thousander means any mountain that extends more than 9,000 metres (29,528 ft) from the surface.
What part of speech is nine-thousander?
Nine-thousander is a noun.
What is the plural of nine-thousander?
The plural of nine-thousander is nine-thousanders.

Words near nine-thousander in the dictionary

  1. nine-point circles
  2. nine-pounder
  3. nine-pounders
  4. nine-primaried oscine
  5. nine-tenths
  6. nine-thousander
  7. nine-thousanders
  8. nine-thousandth
  9. nine-timer
  10. nine-timers
  11. nine-to-five

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