English Explanatory Dictionary

eight-thousander

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the fourteen independent mountains on Earth, all located in Asia, that extend more than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level.

Word forms

eight-thousander eight-thousanders

Etymology

From eight thousand + -er.

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