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mountings

mountings is the plural of mounting.

Meaning of mounting

Noun

mounting (plural mountings)

  1. Something mounted to support something; an attachment.
    • The underframe also carries four bonded-rubber mountings, focused upwards and inwards towards the centre of gravity to suspend the body shell.1958 April, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 275
  2. The act of one who mounts.
    • The stage we had now commenced was eighteen miles in length; but the frequent mountings and dismountings, to climb or to descend the rocky sides of the mountains, made it appear much longer.1834, John Dunmore Lang, An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales

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Phrases with mountings

Questions about mountings

What is mountings the plural of?
Mountings is the plural of mounting.

Words near mountings in the dictionary

  1. mounting blocks
  2. mounting St. George
  3. mounting the high horse
  4. mounting up
  5. mountingly
  6. mountings
  7. Mountjoy
  8. Mountjoys
  9. mountkeithite
  10. Mountlake Terrace
  11. mountless

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