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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overmount

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-mount
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Mounted over something else.

verb

To tower over; to go or rise higher than.

Transitive verb

noun

A piece of shaped cardboard used to prevent the glass of the frame from lying too closely upon an engraving or a picture.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From over- + mount. Compare surmount.

Usage

Inflected Forms

overmounts (present, singular) overmounting (participle, present) overmounted (participle, past) overmounted (past) overmounts (plural)

Antonyms

undermount

Questions

What does overmount mean?
Mounted over something else.
Where does overmount come from?
From over- + mount. Compare surmount.

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