Mountain vs. Fell

Mountainnoun

A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, usually given by geographers as above 1000 feet in height (or 304.8 metres), though such masses may still be described as hills in comparison with larger mountains.

Mountainnoun

A large amount.

Mountainnoun

A very large person or thing.

Mountainnoun

(figuratively) A difficult task or challenge.

Mountainnoun

(slang) A woman's large breast.

Mountainnoun

(cartomancy) The twenty-first Lenormand card.

Mountainnoun

A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an eminence higher than a hill; a mount.

Mountainnoun

A range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the White Mountains.

Mountainnoun

A mountainlike mass; something of great bulk; a large quantity.

Mountainadjective

Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.

Mountainadjective

Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.

Mountainnoun

a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

Mountainnoun

a large number or amount;

Mountainadjective

relating to or located in mountains;

Mountain

A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. A mountain differs from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is larger than a hill, typically rising at least 300 metres (1000 feet) above the surrounding land.

Fellverb

(transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.

Fellverb

(transitive) To strike down, kill, destroy.

Fellverb

(sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.

Fellnoun

A cutting-down of timber.

Fellnoun

The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.

Fellnoun

(textiles) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

Fellnoun

An animal skin, hide, pelt.

Fellnoun

Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).

Fellnoun

A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.

Fellnoun

A wild field or upland moor.

Fellnoun

Gall; anger; melancholy.

Felladjective

Of a strong and cruel nature; eagre and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.

Felladjective

Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent

Felladjective

Very large; huge.

Felladjective

(obsolete) Eager; earnest; intent.

Felladverb

Sharply; fiercely.

Fell

imp. of Fall.

Felladjective

Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.

Felladjective

Eager; earnest; intent.

Fellnoun

Gall; anger; melancholy.

Fellnoun

A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; - used chiefly in composition, as woolfell.

Fellnoun

A barren or rocky hill.

Fellnoun

A wild field; a moor.

Fellnoun

The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.

Fellnoun

A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.

Fellnoun

The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

Fellverb

To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.

Fellverb

To sew or hem; - said of seams.

Fellnoun

the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

Fellnoun

seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges

Fellnoun

the act of felling something (as a tree)

Fellverb

cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow;

Fellverb

pass away rapidly;

Fellverb

sew a seam by folding the edges

Felladjective

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;

Fellverb

cut down (a tree)

Fellverb

knock down

Fellverb

stitch down (the edge of a seam) to lie flat

Fellnoun

an amount of timber cut.

Fellnoun

a hill or stretch of high moorland, especially in northern England

Fellnoun

an animal's hide or skin with its hair.

Felladjective

of terrible evil or ferocity; deadly

Fell

A fell (from Old Norse fell, fjall, ) is a high and barren landscape feature, such as a mountain or moor-covered hill. The term is most often employed in Norway, Fennoscandia, the Isle of Man, parts of northern England, and Scotland.