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the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
we got through the pass before it started to snow
How To Use mountain pass In A Sentence
- The road twisted and hairpinned and climbed, but as scary mountain passes go, it was pretty tame.
- The snow covering the mountain pass is knee-deep and hard going.
- The hiker negociated the high mountain pass
- The sights are breathtaking, ranging from lush apple and cherry orchards to barren mountain passes. The Sun
- He is lost again in a misty, impenetrable mountain pass. THROWING THE ELEPHANT
- There were more twists and turns in the BMW International Open over the flatlands of Nord-Eichenried than on the most serpentine of mountain passes.
- The monastery is in a remote mountain pass.
- The mountain passes are high and demanding, the climate gives extremes of weather conditions, the infrastructure is primitive and the hidden wastelands are boundless.
- Zume Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Molycorp, at its Mountain Pass facility, mines rare-earth elements like neodymium and praseodymium, upper right, which are used in the manufacturing of products like Apple's iPad. Molycorp Pays Off for Buyout Believers
- Here you can walk above the clouds among myriad glacial lakes, cross a mountain pass while surrounded by steinbocks, and - if you sit down to admire the landscape - marmots may come to inspect you.
