Mountain vs Forrest - What's the difference?
mountain | forrest |
A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, usually given by geographers as above 1000 feet in height (or 304.8 metres), though such masses may still be described as hills in comparison with larger mountains.
A large amount.
(figuratively) A difficult task or challenge.
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, year=2011
, date=October 1
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, title=Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom
, work=BBC Sport
for someone who lived or worked in a Royal forest (area of woodland reserved for hunting)
transferred from the surname.
As a noun mountain
is a large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, usually given by geographers as above 1000 feet in height (or 3048 metres), though such masses may still be described as hills in comparison with larger mountains.As an adjective forrest is
(attributive) foremost, front.mountain
English
Noun
(en noun)- Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
- We spent the weekend hiking in the mountains .
- There's still a mountain of work to do.
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