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noun
- 1. a rounded mass projecting above a surface.
verb
- 1. heap up into a rounded pile: "mound the pie filling slightly in the center"
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a rounded pile of dirt, sand, stones, or other material, or a raised area of earth: We’re using that mound of sand to level the ground for our new pool. A mound is also a rounded mass of something: a mound of spaghetti. (Definition of mound from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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From earlier meaning "hedge, fence", from Middle English mound, mund (“protection, boundary, raised earthen rampart”), from Old English mund (“hand, hand of protection, protector, guardianship”), from Proto-Germanic *mundō (“hand”), *munduz (“protection, patron”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂-nt-éh₂ (“the beckoning one”), from *(s)meh₂- (“to becko...
mound (plural mounds) 1. An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense 1.1. Synonyms: bulwark, rampart 2. A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll. 3. (baseball) Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch. 3.1. The pitc...
mound (third-person singular simple present mounds, present participle mounding, simple past and past participle mounded) 1. (transitive) To fortifywith a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to. 2. (transitive) To force or pile into a mound or mounds. 2.1. He moundedup his mashed potatoes so they left more space on the plate for the meat. 3. (intra...
mound on Wikipedia.WikipediaMound in the Encyclopædia Britannica(11th edition, 1911)Definition of mound noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
mound. noun [ C ] uk / maʊnd / us. mound noun [C] (PILE) Add to word list. a large pile of something: a mound of clothes waiting to be ironed. mound noun [C] (HILL) a higher area of soil, like a small hill: an ancient burial mound. (Definition of mound from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of mound.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Nature, Baseball mound /maʊnd/ noun [ countable] 1 a pile of earth or stones that looks like a small hill an ancient burial mound mound of a small mound of dirt 2 a large pile of something mound of There’s a mound of papers on my desk.
mound meaning: 1. a large pile of something: 2. a higher area of soil, like a small hill: . Learn more.
Factsheet. What does the noun mound mean? There are 14 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun mound, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. mound has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.
