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 A hardpoint is an attachment location on a structural frame designed to transfer force and carry an external or internal load. The term is usually used to refer to the mounting points (more formally known as a weapon station or station) on the ...

on an airframe * Mounting board, in picture framing * Mount, a

hanging scroll A hanging scroll is one of the many traditional ways to display and exhibit East Asian painting and calligraphy. The hanging scroll was displayed in a room for appreciation; it is to be distinguished from the handscroll, which was narrower and ...

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 A lens mount is an interface – mechanical and often also electrical – between a photographic camera body and a lens. It is a feature of camera systems where the body allows interchangeable lenses, most usually the rangefinder camera, singl ...

, 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) The mount, or mounted position, is a dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head. This is a favorable position for the top combatant in several wa ...

, 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 ''