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noun
Mountain climbing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: capitalized, sometimes, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: mountaineering, mountain climbing
Antonyms: none provided
noun
mountain climbing (not restricted to the Alps)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mountain climbing, mountaineering
History
Etymology tree English alpine Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English alpinism From alpine + -ism.
