Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unmount

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables
un-mount
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To reverse a mount operation; to instruct the operating system that the file system should be disassociated from its mount point, making it no longer accessible.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From un- + mount.

Usage

Inflected Forms

unmounts (present, singular) unmounting (participle, present) unmounted (participle, past) unmounted (past)

Synonyms

dismount umount

Rhymes With

account amount count mount discount recount viscount dismount fount surmount remount miscount

Questions

What does unmount mean?
To reverse a mount operation; to instruct the operating system that the file system should be disassociated from its mount point, making it no longer accessible.
Where does unmount come from?
From un- + mount.

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