Alp

1. (n.) A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc.

2. (n.) Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted.

3. (n.) A bullfinch.

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