Mount is often used as part of the name of specific , e.g. Mount Everest.
Mount or Mounts may also refer to:
Places
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Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England
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Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England
People
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Mount (surname)
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William L. Mounts (1862–1929), American lawyer and politician
Computing and software
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Mount (computing), the process of making a file system accessible
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Mount (Unix), the utility in Unix-like operating systems which mounts file systems
Books
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Mount!, a 2016 novel by Jilly Cooper
Displays and equipment
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Mount, a fixed point for attaching equipment, such as a hardpoint on an airframe
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Mounting board, in picture framing
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Mount, a hanging scroll for mounting paintings
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Mount, to display an item on a heavy backing such as foamcore, e.g.:
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To pin a biological specimen, on a heavy backing in a stretched stable position for ease of dissection or display
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To prepare dead animals for display in taxidermy
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Lens mount, an interface used to fix a lens to a camera
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Mounting, placing a cover slip on a specimen on a microscopic slide
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Telescope mount, a device used to support a telescope
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Weapon mount, equipment used to secure an armament
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Picture mount
Sports
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Mount (grappling), a grappling position
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Mount, to board an apparatus used for gymnastics, such as a balance beam
Other uses
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Mount, in copulation, the union of the sex organs in mating
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Mount, a riding animal
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Mount, or Vahana, an animal or mythical entity closely associated with a particular deity in Hindu mythology
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Mount, to add butter to a sauce in order to thicken it, as with beurre monté
See also
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The Mount (disambiguation)
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Mountain (disambiguation)
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Massif (disambiguation)
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Hill (disambiguation)