Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination: Describes something that has been adorned or fitted with decorative elements, typically attached to its surface.
   • Assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support: Describes something that has been fixed, installed, or set up on a base, frame, wall, or other supporting structure so it is ready for use or display.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The museum displayed a beautifully mounted antique sword on a velvet cushion. (The sword was fixed on a support for display.)
  • The laboratory equipment was securely mounted on the bench. (The equipment was attached to the workbench for use.)
  • He admired the silver-mounted handle of the walking stick. (The walking stick's handle was decorated with attached silver ornamentation.)

Advanced Usage

• "to be mounted on": to be fixed or placed upon a specific support.
  • The television is mounted on the wall to save space.
• In heraldry or decoration: Often used in compound forms (e.g., , ) to specify the material used for the ornamentation.
  • The collector sought out a jade-mounted snuff box.

Variants and Related Words

• Mount (verb): To go up; to get up on something (e.g., a horse, a platform); to fix or attach something to a support.
  • He will mount the horse. / Please mount the photo in the album.
• Mounting (noun): The action of mounting; a support, setting, or framework on which something is placed.
  • The diamond was set in a gold mounting.

Synonyms

• Installed: Placed or fixed in position for service or use.
• Affixed: Attached or stuck to something.
• Displayed: Shown or exhibited, often implying being set up for view.

Related Phrases

• Mounted police: Police officers who patrol on horseback.
  • The mounted police controlled the crowd during the parade.
• Mounted attack: A military assault carried out by soldiers on horseback or in vehicles.
• Mounted specimen: In biology, a plant, insect, etc., prepared and attached to a backing for study.

Adjective

1. decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination
   • the trim brass-mounted carbine of the ranger- F.V.W.Mason
2. assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support