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View synonyms for mountain chain

mountain chain

mountain chain

noun

  1. a series of ranges of mountains
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mountain chain1

First recorded in 1815–25
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Example Sentences

For 4,500 years, the pyramids of Giza have loomed over the western bank of the Nile River as a geometric mountain chain.

The country straddles two tectonic plates, which are divided by an undersea mountain chain that oozes molten hot rock, or magma.

The two priests worked at the church in the small town in the Sierra Tarahumara mountain chain, home to the Raramuri indigenous group and the site of increasing cartel violence.

From Reuters

Especially worrying is the outlook for the Sierra Nevada, the long mountain chain that runs through the eastern part of the state.

From Salon

The 469-mile roadway passes through six mountain chains in the Appalachians in Virginia and North Carolina.

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