Mount is often used as part of the name of specific

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...

s, e.g.

Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow heig ...

. Mount or Mounts may also refer to:

Places

Mount, Cornwall Mount is a village in the parish of Warleggan in east Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornis ...

, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England *

Mounts, Indiana Mounts is an unincorporated community in Gibson County, Indiana, in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North Ameri ...

, a community in Gibson County, Indiana, United States

People

Mount (surname) Mount is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anson Mount (born 1973), American actor * Charles Mount (1928–1995), American artist * Evelina Mount (1837–1920), American painter * Ferdinand Mount (born 1939), British writer, nov ...

William L. Mounts William Leon Mounts (August 31, 1862–February 5, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician. Mounts was born in Carlinville, Illinois. He graduated from Blackburn College (Illinois), Blackburn College in 1881 and was admitted to the Illino ...

(1862–1929), American lawyer and politician

Computing and software

Mount (computing) Mounting is a process by which a computer's operating system makes files and directories on a storage device (such as hard drive, CD-ROM, or network share) available for users to access via the computer's file system. In general, the process o ...

, the process of making a file system accessible *

Mount (Unix) In computing, mount is a command in various operating systems. Before a user can access a file on a Unix-like machine, the file system on the device which contains the file needs to be mounted with the mount command. Frequently mount is used for ...

, 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 the picture framing industry, a mat (or matte, or mount in British English) is a thin, flat piece of paper-based material included within a picture frame, which serves as additional decoration and to perform several other, more practical ...

, 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 Foamcore, foam board, or paper-faced foam board is a lightweight and easily cut material used for mounting of photographic prints, as backing for picture framing, for making scale models, and in painting. It consists of a board of polystyrene ...

, e.g.: ** To pin a

biological specimen A biological specimen (also called a biospecimen) is a biological laboratory specimen held by a biorepository for research. Such a specimen would be taken by sampling so as to be representative of any other specimen taken from the source of t ...

, on a heavy backing in a stretched stable position for ease of dissection or display ** To prepare dead animals for display in

taxidermy Taxidermy is the art of preserving an animal's body via mounting (over an armature) or stuffing, for the purpose of display or study. Animals are often, but not always, portrayed in a lifelike state. The word ''taxidermy'' describes the proce ...

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 A microscope slide is a thin flat piece of glass, typically 75 by 26 mm (3 by 1 inches) and about 1 mm thick, used to hold objects for examination under a microscope. Typically the object is mounted (secured) on the slide, and then b ...

on a specimen on a microscopic slide *

Telescope mount A telescope mount is a mechanical structure which supports a telescope. Telescope mounts are designed to support the mass of the telescope and allow for accurate pointing of the instrument. Many sorts of mounts have been developed over the year ...

, a device used to support a telescope *

Weapon mount A weapon mount is an assembly or mechanism used to hold a weapon (typically a gun) onto a platform in order for it to function at maximum capacity. Weapon mounts can be broken down into two categories: static mounts and non-static mounts. Static ...

, 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 Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shou ...

, such as a balance beam

Other uses

* Mount, in

copulation Sexual intercourse (or coitus or copulation) is a sexual activity typically involving the insertion and thrusting of the penis into the vagina for sexual pleasure or reproduction.Sexual intercourse most commonly means penile–vaginal penetrat ...

, the union of the sex organs in mating * Mount, a

riding animal A working animal is an animal, usually domesticated, that is kept by humans and trained to perform tasks instead of being slaughtered to harvest animal products. Some are used for their physical strength (e.g. oxen and draft horses) or for t ...

* Mount, or

Vahana ''Vahana'' ( sa, वाहन, or animal vehicle, literally "that which carries, that which pulls") denotes the being, typically an animal or mythical, a particular Hindus, Hindu God is said to use as a vehicle. In this capacity, the 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 ''