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mounture
  1. (obsolete) The angle at which a gun is raised for firing.
  2. (astronomy) The angle of ascension.
  3. The part of a loom that holds the harnesses.
  4. (obsolete) A part on any mechanical device that is used for mounting other parts.
  5. (obsolete) The act or process of mounting.
  6. A horse or other animal used for riding; a mount.
mountain
  1. A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, usually given by geographers as above 1000 feet in height (or 304.8 metres), though such masses may still be described as hills in comparison with larger mountains.
  2. A large amount.
  3. (cartomancy) The twenty-first Lenormand card.
  4. (figuratively) A difficult task or challenge.
  5. (figuratively) A thick breast of a lady.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “In the distance, behind the house, stood a large mountain with varying colorful rock formations.”
      “Never have I had such a mountain of paperwork to clear before Christmas.”
      “I would be trading a mountain of food for a pittance of gold. Let them starve, I say!”
mount
  1. A mountain.
  2. (palmistry) Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
  3. (obsolete) A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.
  4. (obsolete) A bank; a fund.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “It was meant to be hung on a schoolroom wall, and was available in plain paper or on a canvas mount with rollers.”
      “Madden and her new mount Conquest II topped the field of 63 horses in the one-round speed event.”
      “The caravan set out at half-past four in the morning and arrived at six o'clock at a little mount called Ziara.”
mount
  1. An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on, unlike a draught horse
  2. A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
  3. (obsolete) A rider in a cavalry unit or division.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “It was meant to be hung on a schoolroom wall, and was available in plain paper or on a canvas mount with rollers.”
      “Madden and her new mount Conquest II topped the field of 63 horses in the one-round speed event.”
      “The caravan set out at half-past four in the morning and arrived at six o'clock at a little mount called Ziara.”
mountaineer
  1. Someone who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure.
  2. (rare) Someone who lives in a mountainous area.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “John, an experienced mountaineer, eagerly prepared his gear for his next adventure in the Himalayas.”
montuosity
  1. The property of being montuous or having mountains.
  2. A mountain or mountainlike unevenness on a surface; a mountain peak.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Various appearances from which the Moon's montuosity is argued.”
mountant
  1. (microscopy) The medium used for mounting a slide
  2. (photography, dated) The adhesive used to affix a photograph to a mount
mounting
  1. Something mounted; an attachment.
  2. The act of one who mounts.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “It is made of high-quality materials and is designed to provide a stable and secure mounting for the engine.”
mounter
  1. One who mounts.
  2. A tool or device used to mount.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The cellular mounter can be used to process products ranging from microchips to large connectors.”
      “Drury Lane isnt in it with us, though what the blazes you are doing as a mounter beats me.”
      “The great foes of Turner, as of all other great colorists especially, are the picture cleaner and the mounter.”
mountdown
  1. The act of mounting an electrical component onto a surface.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Figure 4 shows a typical detail of a single chip mountdown to a module base plate.”
mountainness
mountboard
  1. A board on which photographs can be mounted.
mountaineering
  1. the sport of climbing mountains
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Sports such as skiing, sailing, running and mountaineering have become hugely popular among the silver-haired adrenaline junkies.”
      “We have revived the sport of mountaineering in a major way, after a gap of 43 years.”
      “For a small nation we have made remarkable contributions to world mountaineering throughout the sport's history.”
mountainscape
  1. A view of mountains, or a depiction of such a view
  2. Examples:
    1. “The two forms are joined by the imposing public lobby, its glass facade slanting back dramatically from the street to evoke a glistening mountainscape.”
mountainside
  1. The sloping side of a mountain.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It clings tenuously to the stony mountainside in a thin line of hairpins before dropping out of sight.”
      “He agreed that there were few houses being built in rural areas, and instanced the case of the man with the house on the mountainside.”
      “One friend told his family the Italians had talked of finding two English soldiers dead on a mountainside.”
mountainet
  1. A relatively small mountain.
montology
mountainousness
mountainer
  1. Obsolete form of mountaineer.
mountlet
  1. (archaic) A small or low mountain.
mont
  1. mount; mountain.
  2. Examples:
    1. “He was a Desert Rat and often spoke of his experiences in the desert and at Mont Cassino.”
      “Most of the sapphires found in the river gravels near Helena, Mont., are greenish blue or of other colors, and not of fine blue.”
      “On August 21, 1924, a male was watched closely for sometime near Libby, Mont.”
mountaineerings
mountainscapes
  1. plural of mountainscape
  2. Examples:
    1. “This legendary flower blooms once in 12 years and is due to enliven the mountainscapes, once again in the coming year.”
mountainsides
  1. plural of mountainside
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The terrain near Alicante is quite nice with terraced olive groves on the mountainsides and orange groves in the valleys.”
      “Chen said the council's plan is to ban the planting of betel trees on mountainsides with a gradient of more than 30 degrees.”
      “They are strategically positioned on mountainsides, on the confluence of two rivers or overlooking valley entrances.”
mountaineers
  1. plural of mountaineer
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “This meant that in a 43-year period, 61 Chinese mountaineers have ascended the peak on 14 occasions.”
      “These guys who were out there doing really serious ski descents were also world-class mountaineers, while I was just a hiker scrambler.”
      “Some were installed for mountaineers, to ease the approaches to climbs, and some to facilitate the passage of troops during the First World War.”
mountainets
  1. plural of mountainet
mountboards
  1. plural of mountboard
mountainers
  1. plural of mountainer
montuosities
  1. plural of montuosity
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “But had these mountains been diaphanous, we could never have seen those luminous montuosities.”
mountants
  1. plural of mountant
  2. Examples:
    1. “Both mountants can be placed on the same slide, with spores placed in each.”
mountings
  1. plural of mounting
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Similarly, but less drastically, gems were pried from their mountings to be sold or deployed in a different context.”
      “The unit weighs 16 pounds and has anti-vibration mountings for comfortable operation.”
      “If you are using the rearmost seats, you just unclip the whole blind from its mountings and put it away.”
mountains
  1. plural of mountain
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The noble river Severn takes its rise from the Ellennith mountains and falls into the sea a few miles from Gloucester.”
      “But up in the mountains there are not these extensive areas of lowland tundra where all the birds and the musk oxen can live.”
      “Mist fills the middle ground, and the background mountains appear to be far in the distance.”
mountlets
  1. plural of mountlet
mountures
  1. plural of mounture
mounters
  1. plural of mounter
mounts
monts
  1. plural of mont
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