mound
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2.1
- noun
- /maʊnd/
:
montón
- That's just like a mound of concrete that the whole building rests upon.
- mounds of data
- several mounds
- form mounds
So the raised bed takes out the need for us to grow in mounds.
- So the raised bed takes out the need for us to grow in mounds.
- So the, the tiny little saw crystals are looking big to me, but there's big mounds of them.
- There's like like mounds of mud, everything like mud bounds and it was so bad going.
- Less pile, dry mound in cooked palm.
Examples
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They do form quite a big mound of leaves at the base.
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A mound of a yellowish white icy substance called methane hydrate
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Maybe the materials are from mound sites which some of which are burial sites, some of which are not.
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I got a mound of paperwork and conference calls to get to in the morning.
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The very first rebuilding of the mound was done by the children.
Academic text (2002) -
There are 125 scallops in each mound of ice.
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We learned that they make their homes in mounds largely formed through soil erosion and deposition.
Academic text (2003) -
Beatrice brings her armful of stones and starts to build a mound around the squire's head.
Fiction book (1993) -
Moundville: With 26 earthen mounds, this site was the largest city in the U.S. 800 years ago.
Academic text (2002) -
She built a small mound of sand at the beach to create a castle.
Synonyms
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1.9
A heap of things put together
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1.0
A pile of things placed one on top of another
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1.1
A pile of things put on top of each other in no order
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7.2
A small round hill covered with grass
A loose heap of different things gathered together
A pile of things gathered together
Compounds
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3.0
A raised spot on a baseball field where the player who throws the ball stands to throw to the batter
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9.9
Ancient Native American people who built large earth mounds for burials and ceremonies in North America
- Australian
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9.9
A bird that builds a large pile of leaves and rotting plants to keep its eggs warm
A place with large old earthen mounds built by ancient Native American people in Ohio, United States
- Australian
A bird with large feet that builds piles of dead plants to keep its eggs warm
- Australian
A large bird with big feet that builds mounds of dead plants to keep its eggs warm
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Etymology
Mound is easy to remember if you think of a small 'mountain'—a helpful way is to compare it to mount, which means a hill, so a mound is simply a heap or pile of things.