mountain pass
English Thesaurus
1. the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks (noun.object)
| hypernym | : | location, |
| definition | : | a point or extent in space (noun.tops) |
| hyponym | : | col, gap, |
| definition | : | a pass between mountain peaks (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | defile, gorge, |
| definition | : | a narrow pass (especially one between mountains) (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | saddle, saddleback, |
| definition | : | a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle) (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | brenner pass, |
| definition | : | an Alpine mountain pass connecting Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy that has long been a route for trade and for invasions (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | cumberland gap, |
| definition | : | a pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | donner pass, |
| definition | : | a mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe; site where in 1844 some members of an emigrant party survived by eating those who had died (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | khyber pass, |
| definition | : | a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India (noun.object) |
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