demount

[ dee-mount ]

verb (used with object)
  1. to remove from a mounting, setting, or place of support, as a gun.

  2. to take apart; disassemble.

Origin of demount

1
First recorded in 1930–35; de- + mount1

Other words from demount

  • de·mount·a·ble, adjective
  • de·mount·a·bil·i·ty, noun

Words Nearby demount

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How to use demount in a sentence

  • It seems the demountable rims refused to demount, or whatever it is they are expected to do when you take a tire off.

    The Campfire Girls Go Motoring | Hildegard G. Frey
  • Well if it do not, Pilatre-like, explode; and demount all the more tragically!

    The French Revolution | Thomas Carlyle

British Dictionary definitions for demount

demount

/ (diːˈmaʊnt) /


verb
  1. (tr) to remove (a motor, gun, etc) from its mounting or setting

Derived forms of demount

  • demountable, adjective

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