mountant
mountant adjective: rising.
Adjective
mountant (comparative more mountant, superlative most mountant)
- Rising
- Hold up, you sluts, / Your aprons mountant1607, William Shakespeare, The Life of Timon of Athens
Noun
mountant (plural mountants)
- The medium used for mounting a slide
- Both mountants can be placed on the same slide, with spores placed in each.2004, Cletus P. Kurzman, Jack W. Fell, “Yeasts”, in Biodiversity of Fungi, →ISBN, page 335
- The adhesive used to affix a photograph to a mount
- The favourite professional mountant was, and to some extent still is, starch paste.1911, Bernard Edward Jones, Encyclopedia of Photography, reprint edition, published 1964, →ISBN, page 365
- This photo-mountant costs about sixpence a pot, but you can buy a bottle of gum for a penny.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
mountant meaning in Tamil
mountant in Tamil
- ஏற்றிவைப்பி, திசு பதிப்பு
Forms of mountant
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more mountant |
| superlative | most mountant |
| Noun | |
| plural | mountants |
Origin of mountant
From mount + -ant. Doublet of montant.
Questions about mountant
- What does mountant mean?
- Mountant means rising.
- What is mountant in Tamil?
- Mountant in Tamil is ஏற்றிவைப்பி, திசு பதிப்பு. See Mountant meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mountant?
- Mountant can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near mountant in the dictionary
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