Mountaineering

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  • noun. The climbing of mountains, especially using special equipment and techniques on rock, ice, or snow.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act or practice of climbing mountains.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Climbing mountains as a sport.
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  • noun. the sport of climbing mountains
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  • noun. the activity of climbing a mountain
    • Word Usage
    "His lifelong interest in mountaineering culminated in a 1993 climb of Pakistan’s treacherous K2, the world’s second highest mountain, which changed his life."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    climb  mount  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    alpinism  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ancillary  archery  asterism  audiology  backcountry  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mountain climbing  
    verb-stem
    mountaineer  
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