mountings

noun

Definition of mountingsnext
plural of mounting
as in mounts
a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else built a new mounting for the engine

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  1. mounts
  2. shores
  3. pillars
  4. reinforcements
Noun
  • Continue reading … GO FOR THE HEART – Disapproval mounts as US avoids direct action against Houthis.
    Fox News, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Continue reading … GO FOR THE HEART – Disapproval mounts as US avoids direct action against Houthis.
    Fox News, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of mounts
Noun
  • Following a group of young adult treasure hunters on the shores of North Carolina, the Netflix production continues to have its loyal fans hanging onto every moment, surrounding character storylines and all of the love, loss and drama that comes with it.
    Jeff Conway, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • And, like any good cooking show that just happens to take place on the sandy shores of Fiji, we are also treated to some footage of the process.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of shores
Noun
  • All of the cells settled down around the pillars, which caused their nuclei to curve.
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The programming dovetails with the school’s own pillars of pride, which discourage bullying.
    Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of pillars
Noun
  • Those options will have to be enough to get Motta through to the January transfer window, at which time the club is almost certain to look at the available options on the market and add reinforcements.
    Adam Digby, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Ukrainian troops in the town, which had a pre-war population of 14,000, are surrounded and have been attempting for days to slip away in the face of heavy Russian artillery and drone attacks that have prevented the arrival of reinforcements.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of reinforcements
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