surmounted

1. 1.

   having something on top

   “columns surmounted by statues”

Questions about surmounted

What does surmounted mean?

surmounted means "having something on top".

How many syllables are in surmounted?

surmounted has 3 syllables: sur-moun-ted. The stress falls on "moun". In IPA it is /sɚˈmaʊntɪd/.

Is surmounted a common word?

surmounted is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.