mountainside

noun

moun·​tain·​side ˈmau̇n-tᵊn-ˌsīd How to pronounce mountainside (audio)
: the side of a mountain

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Then the winds that night on Jan. 7 blew a shower of sparks across the mountainside above his Pasadena home. Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025 The 2025 edition of the Sundance Film Festival—poised to run from January 23 to February 2 in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah—finds the beloved mountainside showcase at its most idiosyncratic: starry, of course, but also independently minded, irreverent, and often delightfully weird. Radhika Seth, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2025 But whipped by winds that hit 60 mph, the flames rapidly rolled over the mountainside and roared through neighborhoods, growing to more than 20,000 acres and consuming more than 5,000 structures. Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2025 In folklore, the mythical fox would strike the surface of the snow with its tail or rub against the mountainside, creating sparks that would be seen in the sky. Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 30 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mountainside 

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mountainside was in the 14th century

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“Mountainside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mountainside. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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mountainside

noun
moun·​tain·​side ˈmau̇nt-ᵊn-ˌsīd How to pronounce mountainside (audio)
: the side of a mountain
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