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What is the adjective for mountain?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs mount and mountaineer which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

mountainous
  1. Having many mountains; rough (terrain); rocky.
  2. Resembling a mountain, especially in size.
  3. (by extension, of a problem or task) Very difficult.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “It was a massive building lined with silver and jade, a mountainous structure glimmering in the sun.”
      “The southern part of the province is mountainous with most villages situated at the foot of the mountains.”
      “Although troops need to be acclimatized for any kind of mountainous terrain, the duration depends on the altitude at which the unit must operate.”
montuous
  1. (archaic) Mountainous, hilly.
  2. (archaic) Situated among mountains.
montanous
  1. (obsolete) Mountainous.
  2. (obsolete) Dwelling in mountains; belonging to mountains.
montanic
  1. (obsolete) Of or relating to mountains.
  2. (organic chemistry) Derived from montan wax
mountless
  1. Without a mount; having no creature to ride.
mountainlike
  1. Resembling a mountain or some aspect of one.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The towering cliffs, jagged peaks, and vast expanse of the rocky terrain created a truly mountainlike landscape.”
mounting
mountainy
  1. (now chiefly Ireland) Mountainous. [from 16th c.]
  2. Examples:
    1. “As he grew up, he lived in the hills surrounding his home tending and shepherding the mountainy sheep.”
      “Some of the hurling areas in Offaly are on mountainy lands or on the Shannon, which is hardly good land.”
      “And barring a mountainy man or woman, and they cutting turf, you'd meet nothing unless it were the sheep.”
montiform
  1. Resembling a mountain in form.
mountained
  1. Set about with mountains.
  2. Examples:
    1. “In the hush of my mountained vastness, in the flush of my midnight skies.”
montigenous
  1. (rare) Produced on a mountain.
mountainless
  1. Without mountains.
mounted
  1. on horseback
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “She confidently mounted the stallion, ready for an exhilarating ride through the countryside.”
      “The mounted camera captured every detail of the scene.”
      “The mounted soldiers patrolled the borders, their presence acting as a strong and visible deterrent.”
mountable
  1. Able to be mounted.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Although a silencer was attached, there was also a percussive shock absorber with a mountable tripod stand that had been removed.”
      “The award, a mountable inscribed plaque, was presented to the project managers of the bridge, at a cocktail function in Midrand on 27 October.”
      “The camera system comprises a lens apparatus with an image-taking optical system and a camera on which the lens apparatus is mountable.”
mountant
  1. (archaic) Rising
mountaineered
  1. simple past tense and past participle of mountaineer
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