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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any high mountain;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Alp \Alp\, n. A bullfinch. --Rom. of R. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Alp \Alp\, n. [L. Alpes the Alps, said to be of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. alp a high mountain, Ir. ailp any huge mass or lump: cf. F. Alpes.] 1. A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc. [1913 Webster] Nor breath of vernal air from snowy alp. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted. [1913 Webster] Note: The plural form Alps is sometimes used as a singular. "The Alps doth spit." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

alp n 1: any high mountain
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

ALP Access Linux Platform (Linux, PDA, Palm)
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

ALP Assembly Language Processor (IBM)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

ALP A list processing extension of Mercury Autocode. ["ALP, An Autocode List-Processing Language", D.C. Cooper et al, Computer J 5:28-31, 1962]. (1995-01-24)