Meaning

1 senses
  1. A low point in a mountain range that allows travelers to cross the range.

    Pass, Gebirgspass, Bergpass

    перева́лperevál

More definitions
  • the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks

Examples

5 sentences
  1. This mountain pass is a death trap.

  2. You can't get through the mountain pass in the winter.

    ruЗимой через этот горный проход не пробиться. — sharptoothed

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  3. There's a boulder blocking the mountain pass.

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  4. We crawled like so many ants along the mountain pass.

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  5. The sherpa guided the climbers safely through the treacherous mountain pass.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
low point between peaks:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
low point between peaks:

Origin

From mountain + pass.

From mountain + pass.

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Forms

plural: mountain passes
Singularmountain pass
Pluralmountain passes

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks:passnotch

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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