Unmount
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 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
"Please unmount the external hard drive before unplugging it."
Antonyms
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More examples"Whoever wants to learn to ride a horse must first learn to mount and unmount correctly."
Etymology
From un- + mount.