Mount - Other Meanings

Other Meanings

  • Mount (grappling), a grappling position
  • Mountain, a landform
  • Copulation, the union of the sex organs in mating
  • Riding animal, any animal that can be ridden
  • Vahana, also called a mount, an animal or mythical entity closely associated with a particular deity in Hindu mythology
  • Boarding an apparatus used for gymnastics, such as a balance beam
  • Adding butter to a sauce in order to thicken it, as with beurre monté

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