alpine
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/ˈæl.paɪn/(US)
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/ˈæl.paɪn/(US) · /ˈæl.pɪn/ · /ˈæl.paɪn/
Definition of alpine
25 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline.
“alpine snows”
“alpine plants”
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adj
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Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline.
“alpine snows”
“alpine plants”
- (alt-of, sometimes, specifically)Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline.
- Of or relating to slalom and downhill skiing.
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Of, relating to, or inhabiting the Alps, a mountain range in Western and Central Europe.
“Some vague emotion of delight / In gazing up an Alpine height, / Some yearning toward the lamps of night.”
noun
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Any of several plants, native to mountain habitats, often grown in rock gardens.
“There can be little doubt that the autumn-flowering gentians are the elite of late-flowering alpines, but alas they can only be enjoyed by those gardeners with an acid soil, unless they can be grown in containers.”
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- A locality in the Wingecarribee council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A local government area in north-east Victoria, Australia; in full, Alpine Shire.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin Alpīnus, from Alpēs (“the Alps”). Cognates include French alpin.
Words you can make from alpine
83 playable · top: PENIAL (8 pts)
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12 words4-letter words
31 words- LEAP 6 pts
- LIPA 6 pts
- LIPE 6 pts
- NAPE 6 pts
- NEAP 6 pts
- NIPA 6 pts
- PAIL 6 pts
- PAIN 6 pts
- PALE 6 pts
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- PANE 6 pts
- PEAL 6 pts
- PEAN 6 pts
- PEIN 6 pts
- PIAL 6 pts
- PIAN 6 pts
- PILE 6 pts
- PINA 6 pts
- PINE 6 pts
- PLAN 6 pts
- PLEA 6 pts
- PLIE 6 pts
- ANIL 4 pts
- ELAN 4 pts
- ILEA 4 pts
- LAIN 4 pts
- LANE 4 pts
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- LIEN 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- NAIL 4 pts
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