Mount Everest

noun
1.
Everest (def 1).
2.
something regarded as the most difficult or challenging of its kind:
the Mount Everest of international sailing.

Everest

[ev-er-ist, ev-rist] /ˈɛv ər ɪst, ˈɛv rɪst/
noun
1.
Mount, a mountain in S Asia, on the boundary between Nepal and Tibet, in the Himalayas: the highest mountain in the world. 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
2.
high point; summit:
The book is an Everest in the field of historical scholarship.
3.
a male given name.
British Dictionary definitions for Mount Everest

Everest

/ˈɛvərɪst/
noun
1.
Mount Everest, a mountain in S Asia on the border between Nepal and Tibet, in the Himalayas: the highest mountain in the world; first climbed by members of a British-led expedition (1953). Height: established as 8848 m (29 028 ft) for many years, but the latest of a series of more recent reassessments (in 1999), not currently accepted by all authorities or by either of the controlling governments, puts it at 8850 m (29 035 ft) Nepalese name Sagarmatha Chinese names Qomolangma, Chomolungma
2.
any high point of ambition or achievement
Word Origin
C19: named after Sir G. Everest (1790–1866), Surveyor-General of India
Word Origin and History for Mount Everest

Everest

n.

mountain between Nepal and Tibet, named 1865 for Sir George Everest (1790-1866), surveyor-general of India. The Tibetan name is Chomolangma "mother goddess of the world."

Mount Everest in Culture

Mount Everest definition


Mountain on the border of Tibet and Nepal in the central Himalayas.

Note: At over 29,000 feet, it is the highest peak in the world.
Note: It was first scaled in 1953 by Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal.