山 — meaning in English
shān
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English meaning
- blizzard noun A severe snowstorm with strong winds and very poor visibility.
- buttress noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- fell verb To cut something down, especially a tree, or to knock someone or something to the ground.
- heap noun A pile of things gathered or thrown together.
- lining noun A layer of material covering or added to the inside of something.
- Mons name The capital city of Hainaut province, Belgium; also a diminutive of the given names Monica and Montgomery.
- mountain noun A very tall, steep natural landform rising well above the surrounding land.
- tops adv At the most; as an upper limit (informal).
- uphill adj Going up a slope; located higher on a hill.
Senses
山 is used for these senses in English:
- big deal (idiomatic, informal) Someone very important; a VIP.
- blizzard (figuratively) A large amount of paperwork.
- buttress (climbing) A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.
- fell (archaic, _, outside, _, Northern England, Scotland) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains, particularly in the British Isles or Fennoscandia.
- heap A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
- lining A covering for the inside surface of something.
- mons (astronomy, geology) An extraterrestrial mountain or volcano.
- mountain (countable) An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit. [from 12th c.]
blizzard — full definition
- noun A severe snowstorm with strong winds and very poor visibility.
- noun An overwhelming quantity of something arriving at once.
buttress — full definition
- noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- noun Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
- noun A buttress root.
- noun A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.