mounter

One who climbs

A mounter is someone or something that mounts.

The word covers anyone who climbs onto or attaches something: a mounter of horses, a mounter of specimens, a mounter of exhibitions.

In computing, a mounter is software or a process that makes a file system accessible: The disk mounter failed to recognize the external drive.

installation

hardware

Metal goods and fittings

bracket · assembly · fastener · attachment · securing · fixture · rack · stand · bolt · screw

climbing

alpinist

High-peak climber

ascent · expedition · sherpa · crevasse · glacier · crampons · ice-axe · bivouac · ropes · ledge

equestrian

saddle

Mounted rider's seat

  • gallopSwiftest quadruped gait
  • trotPace between walk, canter
  • canterModerate equine gait

stirrups · bridle · dressage · showjumping · reins · mare · stallion · rider · horseback · sidesaddle

display

frame

Supporting outer structure

hanging · gallery · exhibit · presentation · showcase · adhesive · hinge · conservation · archival · specimen

gymnastics

vault

Secure storage chamber

landing · apparatus · rotation · technique · handspring · competition · gymnast · run-up · board

Opposites
vertical direction of movement

mounterdescender

Letter part below baseline

abseiler · rappeller

attachment/installation action

mounterremover

Agent that eliminates

detacher · uninstaller · stripper · extractor · dismantler

Phrases
Family

mount, amount, mountain, mounting, mounted, mounts, surmount, dismount, remount

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G