Definitions
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- proper noun The world’s highest mountain, located in the
Himalayas betweenNepal andTibet .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal; the highest mountain peak in the world (29,028 feet high)
Etymologies
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Examples
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I worked at an agency where there was a guy whom I referred to as the Mount Everest of Fear.
From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor Jerry Della Femina 2010
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I worked at an agency where there was a guy whom I referred to as the Mount Everest of Fear.
From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor Jerry Della Femina 2010
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I worked at an agency where there was a guy whom I referred to as the Mount Everest of Fear.
From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor Jerry Della Femina 2010
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I worked at an agency where there was a guy whom I referred to as the Mount Everest of Fear.
From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor Jerry Della Femina 2010
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'Twenty of our men along with twenty technical staff would be going on an expedition to Mount Everest from the Chinese side in March next year.
India eNews 2008
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The problem was notorious at Mount Everest, which is known locally as Chomolungma.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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The problem was notorious at Mount Everest, which is known locally as Chomolungma.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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The problem was notorious at Mount Everest, which is known locally as Chomolungma.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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Calling us racist is like calling Mount Everest a ski hill, it's laughable.
The other side of the coin Duane Rollins 2009
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Another craft will visit Pluto, which scientists call the Mount Everest of planetary explorat ion; it will take about 13 years for a one-way journey.
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