Mount  

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Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest.

Mount or Mounts may also refer to:

Places

• Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England
• Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England
• Mounts, Indiana, a community in Gibson County, Indiana, United States

People

• Mount (surname)
• William L. Mounts (1862–1929), American lawyer and politician

Computing and software

• Mount (computing), the process of making a file system accessible
• Mount (Unix), the utility in Unix-like operating systems which mounts file systems

Displays and equipment

• Mount, a fixed point for attaching equipment, such as a hardpoint on an airframe
• Mounting board, in picture framing
• Mount, a hanging scroll for mounting paintings
• Mount, to display an item on a heavy backing such as foamcore, e.g.:
  • To pin a biological specimen, on a heavy backing in a stretched stable position for ease of dissection or display
  • To prepare dead animals for display in taxidermy
• Lens mount, an interface used to fix a lens to a camera
• Mounting, placing a cover slip on a specimen on a microscopic slide
• Telescope mount, a device used to support a telescope
• Weapon mount, equipment used to secure an armament
• Picture mount

Sports

• Mount (grappling), a grappling position
• Mount, to board an apparatus used for gymnastics, such as a balance beam

Other uses

• Mount, in copulation, the union of the sex organs in mating
• Mount, a riding animal
• Mount, or Vahana, an animal or mythical entity closely associated with a particular deity in Hindu mythology
• Mount, to add butter to a sauce in order to thicken it, as with beurre monté

See also

• The Mount (disambiguation)
• Mountain (disambiguation)
• Massif (disambiguation)
• Hill (disambiguation)