Word a Day
dismount
What does dismount mean?
dismount (verb): alight from (a horse).
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use dismount in a sentence?
- She carefully dismounted from the horse. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce dismount?
/dɪsˈmaʊnt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does dismount come from?
From dis- + mount, probably a calque of Old French desmonter.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Test yourself: do you know “dismount”?
Tap an answer to check it. The same questions the app asks.
What does “dismount” mean?
suck or take up or in
Not quite: that's what absorb means.
alight from (a horse)
Right! That's what “dismount” means.
forsake, leave behind
Not quite: that's what abandon means.
designate or schedule
Not quite: that's what slate means.
Learn a word like “dismount” every day
Word a Day for iPhone quizzes you on a few new words a day and brings each one back for review at growing intervals. Free, no account, no ads.
Coming soon to the App Store