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- Dictionarymound/maʊnd/
noun
- 1. a rounded mass projecting above a surface: "the bushes were little more than vague mounds beneath the snow"
- 2. a large pile or quantity of something: "a mound of dirty crockery" Similar
verb
- 1. heap up into a rounded pile: "basmati rice was mounded on our plates"
- 2. enclose or fortify with an embankment: archaic "a sand-built ridge Of heaped hills that mound the sea"
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MOUND definition: 1. a large pile of earth, stones, etc. like a small hill: 2. a large pile of something: 3. the…. Learn more.
The meaning of MOUND is to enclose or fortify with a fence or a ridge of earth. How to use mound in a sentence.
1. countable noun. A mound of something is a large rounded pile of it. The bulldozers piled up huge mounds of dirt. [ + of] The table was a mound of paper and books. 2. countable noun. In baseball, the mound is the raised area where the pitcher stands when he or she throws the ball. More Synonyms of mound.
MOUND meaning: 1. a large pile of earth, stones, etc. like a small hill: 2. a large pile of something: 3. the…. Learn more.
1. A pile of earth, gravel, sand, rocks, or debris heaped for protection or concealment. 2. A natural elevation, such as a small hill. 3. A group of things collected in a mass or heap: found his keys in a mound of laundry. See Synonyms at heap. 4. often mounds A great deal; a lot: has mounds of homework to finish. 5.
noun. a natural elevation of earth; a hillock or knoll. an artificial elevation of earth, as for a defense work or a dam or barrier; an embankment. a heap or raised mass: a mound of papers; a mound of hay. Baseball. the slightly raised ground from which the pitcher delivers the ball. rubber 1 ( def 14 ).
A mound is a heap or a pile of material or objects. You can make a mound of clothes by dumping your laundry onto your bed. The noun mound is occasionally used to mean "a hill," but it most often describes a manmade pile, like a mound of stones or a mound of sand heaped on the beach, or a mound of snow that you sculpt into a rabbit.
