Overmount
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Overmount is an adjective meaning Mounted over something else.
Meaning
Mounted over something else.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To tower over; to go or rise higher than.
- 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
the pretty purple ground-nut, which, despising its name, overmounts the tallest shrubs
Word Forms
- overmounts
- overmounting
- overmounted
Antonyms for overmount
Common opposites include undermount.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include outmount, superate, surmount, mount, overtop, surtop.
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