demount
[ dee-mount ]
verb (used with object)
to remove from a mounting, setting, or place of support, as a gun.
to take apart; disassemble.
Origin of demount
1Other 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. FreyWell 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
(tr) to remove (a motor, gun, etc) from its mounting or setting
Derived forms of demount
- demountable, adjective
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