Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
any high mountain;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Alp \Alp\, n.
A bullfinch. --Rom. of R.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Alp \Alp\, n. [L. Alpes the Alps, said to be of Celtic origin;
cf. Gael. alp a high mountain, Ir. ailp any huge mass or
lump: cf. F. Alpes.]
1. A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the
highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty
mountains of Switzerland, etc.
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Nor breath of vernal air from snowy alp. --Milton.
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Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise.
--Pope.
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2. Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be
surmounted.
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Note: The plural form Alps is sometimes used as a singular.
"The Alps doth spit." --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
alp
n 1: any high mountain
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
ALP
Access Linux Platform (Linux, PDA, Palm)
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
ALP
Assembly Language Processor (IBM)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
ALP
A list processing extension of Mercury
Autocode.
["ALP, An Autocode List-Processing Language", D.C. Cooper et
al, Computer J 5:28-31, 1962].
(1995-01-24)