mountaintop

American  

[moun-tn-top] / ˈmaʊn tnˌtɒp /

noun

1. the top or summit of a mountain.

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adjective

1. situated at the top or summit of a mountain.

   a mountaintop house.

Etymology

Origin of mountaintop

First recorded in 1585–95; mountain + top ¹

Example Sentences

But like a sage on the basketball mountaintop, Wooden wouldn’t give a direct answer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Kid Rock -- whose real name is Robert Ritchie -- posted a video on X over the weekend showing a helicopter hovering near his mountaintop home's swimming pool as he clapped and saluted.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

The area includes mountaintop walking tracks, beaches and a hot pool facility billed as the “only hot ocean water complex in the world.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Is this the season the Buffalo Bills finally reach the mountaintop?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026

It has erased all but the great tree trunks, making my mountaintop home as simple as it was when I first came here more than two years ago.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George