mons
IPA: mʌnz
Root Word: Mons
noun
- A city, the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
- A diminutive of the female given name Monica
- A diminutive of the male given name Montgomery
- (obsolete, palmistry) One of the fleshy areas at the base of the fingers; a mount.
- (astronomy, geology) An extraterrestrial mountain or volcano.
- (anatomy) Ellipsis of mons pubis. [A fleshy protuberance over the pubic bones that becomes covered with hair during puberty.]
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Examples of "mons" in Sentences
- Look at the history of the Mons.
- All mons are emblems, but not all emblems are mons.
- He approached the study of counterpoint and the art of improvisation with Mons.
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