mount

Pronunciation: /maʊnt/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a lightweight horse kept for riding only
  2. noun the act of climbing something
  3. noun a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

Etymology

From Middle English mount, munt, from Old English munt, from Latin mōns (“a hill, mountain”), from a root seen also in ēmineō (“to project, to protrude”) (English eminent). Doublet of mons. Not related to mound.

In classic literature

Synonyms

saddle horse, riding horse

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
horse
Narrower (hyponyms)
buckskin, arabian, grey, dun, lippizan, hack

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