Mount
Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest.
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Mount or Mounts may also refer to:
Places
    
- 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
 - Mount, a hanging scroll for mounting paintings
 - Mount, to display an item on a heavy backing such as foamcore, e.g.:
- To attach a picture or a painting to a support, followed by framing it
 - 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
    
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- All pages with titles containing mounts
 - All pages with titles containing mount
 - The Mount (disambiguation)
 - Mountain (disambiguation)
 - Massif (disambiguation)
 - Hill (disambiguation)
 
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