Mountain Definition–noun | 1. | a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 ft. (610 m). | | 2. | a large mass of something resembling this, as in shape or size. | | 3. | a huge amount: a mountain of incoming mail. | | 4. | (initial capital letter ) a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, eight driving wheels, and a two-wheeled rear truck. | | 5. | Also called mountain wine. British Archaic. a sweet Malaga wine. | –adjective | 6. | of or pertaining to mountains: mountain air. | | 7. | living, growing, or located in the mountains: mountain people. | | 8. | resembling or suggesting a mountain, as in size. | —Idiom | 9. | make a mountain out of a molehill. molehill (def. 2). | |
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Pocono Record - Found 10 hours ago
Pleasant Valley School District, East Stroudsburg, Stroudsburg, Pocono Mountain, Notre Dame, Monroe County Head Start are all closed today because of ...
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Here's the scoop on Pocono hoops
Pocono Record - Found Jan. 6, 2009
... the Mountain Valley Conference would be solid from top to bottom and that's pretty much turned out to be true. Like I expected, Pocono Mountain...
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The Exchange Club of the Pocono Mountains honored the following ...
Pocono Record - Found Jan. 5, 2009
Pocono Mountains honored the following students of the month: Teresa Shen, East Stroudsburg High School-North; Amberly Warner, Pocono Mountain...
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Eddie Helm (5) leads the team in Pocono Mountain East's alma mater ...
Pocono Record - Found Dec. 24, 2008
... the team in Pocono Mountain East's alma mater before the Cardinals' game against Pius X this fall. For more photos from the year in Pocono...
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Pocono Mountain's selective tax assessment is unwise
Pocono Record - Found Dec. 22, 2008
Print this Articl Share Editor, the Record: The attempts by the Pocono Mountain School Board to raise the property taxes of a selected group of
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EAST STROUDSBURG East Stroudsburg South's girls and Pocono Mountain ...
Pocono Record - Found Dec. 19, 2008
East Stroudsburg South and Pocono Mountain West competed in a Mountain Valley Conference swim meet at ES South on Thursday, with the West boys and
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5.4 percent tax hike possible for Pocono Mountain
Pocono Record - Found Dec. 18, 2008
6:00 AM SWIFTWATER Taxpayers in Pocono Mountain could face a possible 5.4 percent tax increase next year, according to a draft of a preliminary
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Pocono Mountain East Youth Association resumes Challenger program
Pocono Record - Found Dec. 15, 2008
Pocono Mountain East Youth Association is sponsoring its second year of the Challenger Basketball Program which is open to all special needs children ...
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Pocono Mountain West schools to aid food pantry at concerts
Pocono Record - Found Dec. 9, 2008
Pocono Mountain West High School and its junior high have partnered with the Pocono Mountain Ecumenical Hunger Ministry (www.pmehm.org) to collect
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A 17-year-old boy was arrested for assaulting his mother Thursday, ...
Pocono Record - Found Dec. 8, 2008
A 17-year-old boy was arrested for assaulting his mother Thursday, according to Pocono Mountain Regional Police.
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