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Definition of "sierra" [‖Si•er•ra]

  • A rugged range of mountains having an irregular or jagged profile. See Usage Note at redundancy. (noun)
  • A Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus sierra) of the Pacific coast of tropical America. (noun)
  • See cero. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sierra" in a sentence
  • "Afterwards, I flew out of San Andres in a light aircraft and had an opportunity to view the Huichol sierra from the air."
  • "I purchased some Federal 140 grain sierra boat tails that the rifle really likes to shoot."
  • "And the first hour and a half of that, from Tuxpan to the foot of the sierra, is actually pretty good, including a short stretch of autopista from Tuxpan to Tihuatlan."
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