Alp

Word ALP
Character 3
Hyphenation alp
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Alp"

What do we mean by alp?

A high mountain. noun

A very large mound or mass. noun

A high mountain; specifically, any one of the higher Swiss mountains, and, as a proper name in the plural, the great mountain-ranges in Switzerland and neighboring countries, comprising the loftiest mountains in Europe. noun

In Switzerland, a pasture on the side of a mountain. noun

An old local name for the bullfinch, Pyrrhula vulgaris. noun

A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc. noun

Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted. noun

A bullfinch. noun

A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe. noun

Any high mountain noun

A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Alp

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The word "alp" in example sentences

Alpion; because the word alp, in some of the original western languages, generally signifies very high lands, or hills; as this isle appears to those who approach it from the Continent. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Angling upward to a point, like a child's drawing of an alp, it is not quite a high-rise. ❋ Richard B. Woodward (2011)

Congrats Chris. ahmet alp balkan said at 1am on Jan 8th # | ❋ Unknown (2010)

Those seven summers worth of tedious work sit "wie ein alp" as a certain philosopher once said on my memory. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sitting on a shelf, Thomas Mann's "Magic Mountain" stares down as coldly and harshly as an alp in winter. ❋ Unknown (2010)

March 25th, 2010 at 2:40 pm i wish i could ask alp questions.. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I'm fairly certain snob was referencing the idiocy of "alp duez" by comparing him to an Egyptian president. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2009)

Just as the funders for alp includes unions supporting hillary. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's not like I'd be giving reports about this or that alp, or playing domestique on some tour de coolness. ❋ Bardiac (2008)

You know you see those pictures of Lance Armstrong or Alberto Contador finishing an 80 mile stage straight up an alp and they look cool and collected? ❋ Bardiac (2008)

So true, thats why this year you'll be seeing Lance rock'in his NYC Langster up the alp d'huez. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2008)

Take these two kinds of sheep, transfer them to Switzerland or France; the mountain breeds will feed apart even in a lowland meadow of thick grass, the lowland sheep will keep together even on an alp. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It made me want to jump on my bike and pedal up an alp. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Camping out on an actual alp where they take the cows for the summer, and the smell of manure everywhere. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It would seem as though fame, like the sun, hot and luminous at a distance, is cold as the summit of an alp when you approach it. ❋ Unknown (2007)

At this moment this man looked into the very depths of human nature, but his calmness was terrible in its rigidity; a cold alp, snow-bound and near to heaven, impenetrable and frowning, with flanks of granite, and yet beneficent. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And to find a locus for an alp get a howlth on her bayrings as a prisme O and for a second O unbox your compasses. ❋ Unknown (2006)

He found it easier than it seemed, and came at last to another desolate alp, and then after a rock climb of no particular difficulty, to a steep slope of trees. ❋ Herbert George (2006)

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