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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. having hills and crags;
- Example: "hilly terrain"
[syn: cragged, craggy, hilly, mountainous]

2. like a mountain in size and impressiveness;
- Example: "mountainous waves"
- Example: "a mountainous dark man"

3. containing many mountains; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mountainous \Moun"tain*ous\, a. [F. montagneux, L. montaniosus.]
   1. Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous
      country of the Swiss.
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   2. Inhabiting mountains. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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   3. Large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk;
      as, a mountainous heap. --Prior.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mountainous
    adj 1: having hills and crags; "hilly terrain" [syn: cragged,
           craggy, hilly, mountainous]
    2: like a mountain in size and impressiveness; "mountainous
       waves"; "a mountainous dark man"
    3: containing many mountains