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 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 Amer ...

, 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, ...

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 in 1881 and was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1885. He practiced ...

(1862–1929), American lawyer and politician

Computing and software

* Mount (computing), 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 on an airframe *

Mounting board In the picture frame, 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, ...

, in picture framing * Mount, a hanging scroll 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 polystyr ...

, 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 th ...

, 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 proc ...

* Lens mount, 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 ...

on a specimen on a microscopic slide * Telescope mount, 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. Stat ...

, 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 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 penetra ...

, 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 ''