A ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground; e.g. a grave-mound. Obsolete.
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释义 | the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] > small mound (19) balkc885 A ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground; e.g. a grave-mound. Obsolete. bankc1175 A raised shelf or ridge of ground; a long, high mound with steeply sloping sides; one side or slope of such a ridge or mound. hill1297 A heap or mound of earth, sand, or other material, raised or formed by human or other agency. Cf. also anthill, n., dunghill, n., molehill, n., etc. hillock1382 A small mound or heap of earth, stones, or the like. mow?1424 More generally: a heap or pile of anything; a heap of earth, a mound, a hillock; (Scottish) a stack of peats. Obsolete. rare. sunka1522 Scottish and Irish English (northern). A seat or bench made of sods of turf laid in layers; (more generally) any seat or bench. Obsolete. tump1589 A hillock, mound, a mole-hill, or ant-hill; a barrow, tumulus. local. anthill1598 figurative. Something that resembles an anthill; esp. (a) a place that is full of people or animals, when these are thought of as being numerous… pustule1651 More generally: a rounded swelling on a surface, esp. that of the earth or of a material affected by corrosion. mound1791 A small naturally occurring elevation resembling a heap or pile of earth; a hillock. Also in extended use. hag1805 Chiefly Scottish. An area of firm ground, a bank of peat, or (occasionally) a tussock of heather or ɡrass, rising above boggy or uneven moorland… moundlet1808 A hillock or small mound. Also in extended use. Subcategories:— type of (6) — side of (1) |
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