noun
Piedmont
PEED-mont
noun
1
A stretch of gently sloping land lying at the base of a mountain range.
"Farmers settled the fertile piedmont below the ridge."
adj
1
Lying at the foot of a mountain range.
"The piedmont region gets less snow than the peaks above it."
How to Use Piedmont
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe area of land at the base of a mountain range.
Word Forms
piedmonts plural
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Etymology
From Italian Piemonte, literally "foot of the mountain", also the name of a region in northern Italy.