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upmountain

upmountain adverb: higher up a mountain.

Adverb

upmountain (comparative further upmountain or farther upmountain, superlative furthest upmountain or farthest upmountain)

  1. Higher up a mountain.
    • A wolf howled somewhere upmountain. The bear raised his head to the sound, then moved toward the elk to protect its kill.2017, Robin F. Gainey, Light of the Northern Dancers
    • “But ladies, we have hardly time for a trip upmountain,” the Mouser called after protestingly, “what with preparations to be made for the Isle's defense and tomorrow's sailing against the Mingols.”2018, Fritz Leiber, The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, volume 2

Forms of upmountain

comparativefurther upmountain
comparativefarther upmountain
superlativefurthest upmountain
superlativefarthest upmountain

Origin of upmountain

From up- + mountain.

Questions about upmountain

What does upmountain mean?
Upmountain means higher up a mountain.
What part of speech is upmountain?
Upmountain is an adverb.

Words near upmountain in the dictionary

  1. upmodulating
  2. upmodulation
  3. upmodulations
  4. upmost
  5. upmount
  6. upmountain
  7. upmounted
  8. upmounting
  9. upmounts
  10. upmove
  11. upmoved

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