Meanings
- uncountableTerrain that is at a relatively high elevation — generally, higher than foothills but not above the timberline — consisting of mountainous areas or elevated expanses of plain.
Near-synonyms: highlands, upcountry, upland; plateau, tableland, mesa
3 more examples
We had topped the high country, too, and had started down the other side of the mountains that ran out on the promontory.
1907, Stewart Edward White, chapter 13, in Arizona NightsWhile Lookout Mountain was the loftiest summit, some of the other ridges rose almost as high. . . . September had now come and the winds were growing crisper in the high country.
1915, Joseph A. Altsheler, chapter 13, in The Rock of ChickamaugaI grew up in Washington State, and have hiked the high country since I was a boy scout in the '60s.
2001 August 6, Curt Eidem, “Letters: The War over the West”, in TimeSynonyms: highlands, upcountry, upland, plateau, tableland, mesa
Synonyms & antonyms
nounTerrain that is at a relatively high elevation — generally, higher than foothills but not above the timberline — consisting of mountainous areas or elevated expanses of plain.
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