mỏm

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Definition

1. Noun:
   • A top, peak, or promontory: A pointed or projecting piece of land, rock, or mountain that juts out.
   • A process (anatomy): A natural projection or outgrowth from a bone.

Usage Examples

• Noun (geographical feature):
  • Mỏm đá lởm chởm. (A rugged rock-top.)
  • Đứng trên mỏm núi. (To stand on the peak of a mountain.)
• Noun (anatomy):
  • Mỏm khớp. (Articular process.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is often used to describe natural landscapes, emphasizing a sharp, prominent, and often elevated feature.
• In anatomical contexts, it is a technical term for bony projections where muscles, tendons, or ligaments may attach.

Variants and Related Words

• Mũi đất: A cape or headland (a larger geographical feature than a ).
• Chỏm: A rounded top or summit, often of a hill or mountain.

Synonyms

• Peak: The pointed top of a mountain.
• Promontory: A point of high land that juts out into a body of water.
• Spur: A subsidiary projecting ridge or mass of a mountain.
• Outcrop: A visible exposure of bedrock or ancient superficial deposits.

Related Idioms

• : Literally "to stand on the mountain peak," can imply being in a precarious or highly visible position.

Học thuật

1. Top, peak
   • Mỏm đá lởm chởm
     A rugged rock-top
   • Đứng trên mỏm núi
     To stand on the peak (top) of a mountain
2. Process (of a bone)