mount everest

1. 1.

   a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal; the highest mountain peak in the world (29,028 feet high)

   SynonymsEverestMt. Everest

   Broadermountain peak

   Part ofHimalayasNepalTibet

Questions about mount everest

What does mount everest mean?

mount everest means "a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal; the highest mountain peak in the world (29,028 feet high)".

What is another word for mount everest?

Close synonyms include Everest, Mt. Everest. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mount everest a common word?

mount everest is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.