mound
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4.0
- noun
- /maʊnd/
:
montículo
- Matt stepped onto the pitcher's mound and rubbed the ball in his mitt.
Now Tasha has asked Hunter to meet her on the pitcher's mound at California State University.
- Now Tasha has asked Hunter to meet her on the pitcher's mound at California State University.
- John ushered an old man back into a corner of an empty field so he could stand on the pitcher's mound he'd stood on as a boy.
- I make a ridiculous athletic play off the mound, throw the ball sidearm to Mariano Rivera, who's playing first base.
- I was here for seven years and I took the mound every single time I took the mound.
Examples
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Matt stood still on the mound, looking at the ball cradled in the web of his glove.
Fiction book (1997) -
As she prepared for the game, she stood confidently on the mound, ready to pitch against her opponents.
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I was here for seven years and I took the mound every single time I took the mound.
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If so, he should be back on the mound at the start of spring training.
Blog text (2) -
As Bobby got to the mound, our pitcher gave him the ball.
Fiction book (2000) -
But St. Louis has got a good pitcher on the mound.
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Matt returned to the mound and continued pitching better than he had ever pitched before.
Fiction book (1997) -
And now approaching the mound is the pitcher for the Angels.
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Now Tasha has asked Hunter to meet her on the pitcher's mound at California State University.
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Buster Greene, the Groundhog Club official, walks onto the mound and hushes the crowd, exactly as before.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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6.1
The raised spot on a baseball field where the pitcher stands to throw the ball
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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
Compounds
3
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mound in baseball uses the same idea of a raised spot—picture a little 'mount' where the pitcher stands, so the pitcher's position is called the mound.