"fourteener" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fourteeners [plural]
Etymology: From fourteen + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fourteen|er|id2=measurement}} fourteen + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} fourteener (plural fourteeners)
  1. (US, climbing) A mountain rising to more than 14,000 feet above mean sea level. Tags: US Categories (topical): Climbing, Fourteen
    Sense id: en-fourteener-en-noun-WB4W0qDd Disambiguation of Fourteen: 62 38 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (measurement) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (measurement): 83 17 Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (poetry) A (usually iambic) line of fourteen syllables. Categories (topical): Poetry
    Sense id: en-fourteener-en-noun-fZZKi4fh Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing

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