Matterhorn
pronunciation
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- Noun:
- a mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy (14,780 feet high); noted for its distinctive shape
Word Origin
- Matterhorn
- Alpine mountain, from German Matte "meadow, pastureland" (see mead (n.2)) + Horn (see horn (n.)). So called for its horn-like shape.
Example
- 1. " Colin clubbing it at the matterhorn . "
- 2. In 1977 he began writing matterhorn , a novel about his experience of combat in the jungle .
- 3. It textures karl marlantes 's war novel " matterhorn , " published last year , and provides the mournful keynote to his new nonfiction book , " what it is like to go to war . "
- 4. I find the matterhorn at disneyland thrilling enough . That snow isn 't even cold .
- 5. If you shoud climb the mighty matterhorn to look out over the kingdoms of the earth , it mig-ht be a pleasant incident to find strawberries up there .