adj, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A piece of shaped cardboard used to prevent the glass of the frame from lying too closely upon an engraving or a picture.

Verb

1. 1
   To tower over; to go or rise higher than. transitive

   "the pretty purple ground-nut, which, despising its name, overmounts the tallest shrubs"

Adjective

1. 1
   Mounted over something else. not-comparable

Antonyms

All antonyms

undermount

Example

More examples

"the pretty purple ground-nut, which, despising its name, overmounts the tallest shrubs"

Etymology

From over- + mount. Compare surmount.

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