mount
noun/maʊnt/
/maʊnt/
- Mount(abbreviation Mt)(used in modern English only in place names) a mountain or a hill
- Mt Kilimanjaro
- St Michael’s Mount
- (formal or literary) a horse that you ride on
- She saddled her mount quickly.
- something such as a piece of card or glass that you put something on or attach something to, to display it
- (also mounting)something that an object stands on or is attached to for support
- an engine/gun mount
mountain
horse
for displaying/supporting something
Word Originnoun sense 1 Old English munt, from Latin mons, mont- ‘mountain’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French mont. noun senses 2 to 4 Middle English: from Old French munter, based on Latin mons, mont- ‘mountain’.
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