Meaning

1 senses

  1. Any region of foothills of a mountain range.

    a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land

Examples

3 sentences

  1. “I’m always struck when I see the Robie House in Chicago,” says architect Susan Piedmont-Palladino.

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  2. Who ruled Piedmont?

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  3. Piedmont-Palladino is concerned that the home-building industry doesn't appear prepared to take on the challenge of building better-performing houses.

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Origin

From Piedmont, ultimately from Italian piemonte (“foot of a mountain”); cognate with Frenc

From Piedmont, ultimately from Italian piemonte (“foot of a mountain”); cognate with French piémont.

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Forms

plural: piedmonts
Singularpiedmont
Pluralpiedmonts

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley:Piemonte

Word family

1 related words
Derivedpiedmontal

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
piecemealpierpiercepiercing
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