mons

Plural: montes

Noun

• A protuberance or mound-like part of the body.
• a mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women
• the second day of the week; the first working day
• a member of a Buddhist people living in Myanmar and adjacent parts of Thailand
• the Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon
• One of the fleshy areas at the base of the fingers; a mount.
• Ellipsis of mons pubis.
• An extraterrestrial mountain or volcano.

Examples

• Maxwell Montes
• Olympus Mons
• The word ’MONS’ felt like a small but significant bump on the linguistic landscape.

Synonyms

Mon, Monday, mons pubis, mons veneris

Related Words

mons Venus, mons veneris