alp
[noun]
Synonyms: mountain, mount, peak

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ALP abbreviation.
Australian Labor Party.

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alp noun¹. [alp] Also Alp. LME.
[Orig. pl., from French Alpes from Latin from Greek Alpeis of unkn. origin.]
1. (Alp.) In pl., the high mountain range occupying much of Switzerland and adjacent regions; sing. a peak in this range. LME.

2. Any high, esp. snowcapped, mountain(s). LME.
Southern Alps the high mountain range of South Island, New Zealand.

3. In Switzerland: an area of green pasture on a mountainside. E19.

Comb.:
Alp-horn = ALPENHORN.

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alp noun². [alp] obsolete exc. dial. LME.
[Origin unkn.]
A bullfinch.

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