"overmount" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: overmounts [plural]
Etymology: From over- + mount. Compare surmount. Etymology templates: {{af|en|over-|mount}} over- + mount Head templates: {{en-noun}} overmount (plural overmounts)
  1. A piece of shaped cardboard used to prevent the glass of the frame from lying too closely upon an engraving or a picture.
    Sense id: en-overmount-en-noun-6D2EnhH4

Verb

Forms: overmounts [present, singular, third-person], overmounting [participle, present], overmounted [participle, past], overmounted [past]
Etymology: From over- + mount. Compare surmount. Etymology templates: {{af|en|over-|mount}} over- + mount Head templates: {{en-verb}} overmount (third-person singular simple present overmounts, present participle overmounting, simple past and past participle overmounted)
  1. (transitive) To tower over; to go or rise higher than. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overmount-en-verb-WoIR8-R9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81

Inflected forms

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