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mons



mountain
mountain


Definitions

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mons
     1. n. mountain, mount
     2. n. (metonymically) towering mass, heap, great quantity
     3. n. (metonymically) mountain rock, rock (in general) (poetically)
     4. n. (metonymically) mountain beasts, wild beasts (Late Latin, poetically)
     5. n. (metonymically) (of that which is obtained from the mountains) marble, marble column



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