mountainward

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UK/ˈmaʊntɪnwəd/

adverb

Towards a mountain or mountains.

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Meanings

adverbmountainward (comparative more mountainward, superlative most mountainward)

comparative more mountainward · superlative most mountainward

  1. Towards a mountain or mountains.

    We dipped down to skirt a huge green polo field with another equally huge practice field beside it, soared again to the top of a hill and swung mountainward up a steep hill road of clean concrete that passed orange groves […]

    1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 150

Origin

From mountain + -ward.

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APA

mountainward. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountainward

MLA

“mountainward.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountainward. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mountainward,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountainward.

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