mount
A hill or mountain.
Noun 4 meanings
A hill or mountain.
Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
“the mount of Jupiter”
A green hillock in the base of a shield.
An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on.
“The rider climbed onto his mount.”
Verb 4 meanings
To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
“to mount stairs”
To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
“The rider mounted his horse.”
To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
To sit on a combatant's torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.
Etymology
From Middle English mount, munt, from Old English munt, from Latin mōns (“a hill, mountain”), from a root seen also in ēmineō (“to project, to protrude”) (English eminent). Doublet of mons. Not related to mound.
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MOUNT at a glance
MOUNT has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (M 3 + O 1 + U 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,121 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with mount
All rhymesOne letter away
- COUNT7
- MOUND8
- FOUNT8
- MOULT7
- MOUST7
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