four-thousander

noun

Any mountain on Earth that extends more than 4,000 metres (13,123 ft) but less than 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) above sea level.

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Meanings

nounfour-thousander (plural four-thousanders)

plural four-thousanders

  1. Any mountain on Earth that extends more than 4,000 metres (13,123 ft) but less than 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) above sea level.

    I haven’t been on any four-thousander before – except for Toubkal, where I didn’t reach the summit ;) so it would be a pleasure to reach some, but hiking the ski runs didn’t seem interesting to me.

    2018 November 11, Maja, “Hiking trip to Breithorn – the easiest alpine four-thousander”, in Maja Travels

Origin

From four thousand + -er.

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