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What does Matterhorn mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Matterhorn? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. An iconic pyramidal mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy.
  2. (by extension) Something difficult to achieve or to surmount.
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European newspapers published denunciatory editorials by writers who had never set foot on any mountain, let alone the Matterhorn.
From Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn, this trail joins the 2 capitals of skiing and alpinism.
On the Alps, near to the Matterhorn, Zwirbel meets a goat which grumbles about the meager herbs which she must find in the slopes.
Under that plump moon and the glowering gaze of the Matterhorn, we understood why the Swiss feel an almost mystical sense of oneness with the pile of rock.
They are all 17, their A-level exams this summer loom like a nasty, scholastic Matterhorn, but in this half-term break they are a law unto themselves.
Standing solidly at the foot of the renowned north face of the Matterhorn, Stafel is a terminal moraine of the Z'Mutt glacier.

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