Definition of "mountain pass" []

• The location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "When I asked if the road could not go around the kaembra trees, he pointed out that engineers had mapped out the best route, and it went past Gettys and through the mountain pass that traders had once used."
• "Clemency had gone the way of all the horses once charcoal had appeared between the mountain pass and Artaxata."
• "They encountered the baggage train disappointingly soon; it had not yet crossed the mountain pass to come down to Lake Matiane, so it had nearly four hundred miles to go."