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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

On every side towered the immense peaks of one of the loftiest spurs of the grandest mountain chain of America.

From the ridge the road runs eastward along a branch of the principal mountain chain.

He found a path that led from the bank of the river, through the woods, across the mountain chain.

The hollow centre of this triangle, as appears by the accompanying map, is occupied by the Allegheny mountain chain.

The razor-back mountain chain, upon one peak of which Les Baux sits, is known as the Alpilles.

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