Associations to the word «Matterhorn»

Wiktionary

MATTERHORN, proper noun. An iconic pyramidal mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy.
MATTERHORN, proper noun. (by extension) Something difficult to achieve or to surmount.

Dictionary definition

MATTERHORN, noun. A mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy (14,780 feet high); noted for its distinctive shape.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope