monadnock

[ muh-nad-nok ]

noun

1. Physical Geography. a residual hill or mountain standing well above the surface of a surrounding peneplain.
2. (initial capital letter) Mount, a mountain peak in SW New Hampshire. 3,186 feet (971 meters).

monadnock

/ məˈnædnɒk /

noun

1. a residual hill that consists of hard rock in an otherwise eroded area

monadnock

/ mə-năd′nŏk′ /

1. A mountain or rocky mass that has resisted erosion and stands isolated in an essentially level area.

Word History and Origins

Origin of monadnock¹

1735–45, Americanism; after ( Grand ) Monadnock (earlier name of Mount Monadnock) < a S New England Algonquian name, literally, isolated mountain

Word History and Origins

Origin of monadnock¹

C19: named after Mount Monadnock, in New Hampshire

Example Sentences

Far to the northwest rise bluely the three peaks of Monadnock.

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One man by grandeur sees mountains in the coals of his grate; another by gentleness only sunshine and grasses on Monadnock.

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Farther to the east rose the majestic form of Monadnock, if not the highest, one of the very noblest peaks in the Granite State.

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It patronizes Moat, measures itself proudly with Chocorua, and maintains a distant acquaintance with Monadnock.

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Thus the wireless message from Corregidor had indeed sealed the fate of the Monadnock.

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