Mount St. Helens

proper noun

A stratovolcano in the US state of Washington.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A stratovolcano in the US state of Washington.

    mount St. Helens is about to Blow up

    2018, Bill Wurtz, “Mount St. Helens is about to Blow Up”
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    Mount St. Helens is visible in the clear weather, distant seventy-five miles.

    1874, John Francis Campbell, “The Terminus”, in My Circular Notes

    Bart ... was looking at Mount St. Helens. "When the mountain blew," he said later, "it felt like the end of the world."

    1980, Lee Fox, “A journey from bad to worse”, in The Spokesman-Review, page V6

Synonyms & antonyms

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loowit

Origin

Named after Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens (i.e., St Helens, Isle of Wight) by his friend, explorer George Vancouver.

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Mount St. Helens. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mount%20St.%20Helens

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Chicago

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