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alpine
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mountaintop; high altitude |
| Synonyms: | aerial, elevated, high, high-reaching, in the clouds, lofty, montane, mountainous, rangy, snowcapped, soaring, towering |
| Main Entry: | mountainous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hilly; large |
| Synonyms: | alpine, big, colossal, gigantic, highland, huge, mammoth, tall, towering |
| Main Entry: | tall |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | high in stature, length |
| Synonyms: | alpine, altitudinous, beanstalk, big, elevated, giant, great, high-reaching, lank, lanky, lofty, rangy, sizable, sky-high, skyscraping, soaring, statuesque, towering |
| Antonyms: | little, low, short, small |
| Main Entry: | fir |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evergreen |
| Synonyms: | alpine, cedar, conifer, douglas, pine, wood |
| Notes: | a fir is any of various evergreen trees; fur is the pelt or coat of an animal, or a garment made of the fur of an animal pine, fir, and spruce are quite different from each other - though they are all conifers; pine has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves and spruce is a type of fir; the only scientific difference between a spruce and a fir is that spruces have rectangular needles while firs have flat needle-shaped leaves |
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