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Sense: 1,4
Date: 800-900
Language: Old French
Origin: mont, from Latin mons 'mountain'
Sense: 2-3
Date: 1300-1400
Origin: MOUNT1

mount

2 noun
     
Related topics: Horses
mount2 [countable]
1

Mount

MtDN used as part of the name of a mountain:
Mount Everest
2DSH formal a horse that you ride on
3 stiff paper that is put behind or around a picture so that it looks more attractive
4 literary a mountain
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