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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] > mound (22)
loweOE

A man-made mound; spec. a burial mound, a tumulus. Cf. law, n.3 2.

barrowc1000

A mound of earth or stones erected in early times over a grave; a grave-mound, a tumulus. Also attributive as barrow-wight n. (see quot. 1891); so…

motea1522

A barrow, a tumulus. Now regional (chiefly Irish English).

burial-hillc1600

a mound erected over a grave, a tumulus, barrow.

law1607

A monumental tumulus of stones. Obsolete.

mound1635

An artificially constructed elevation or heap of earth, stones, debris, etc.; esp. a pile of earth heaped up on a grave; a tumulus.

tumulus1686

An ancient sepulchral mound, a barrow (barrow, n.1 3).

tor1794

Locally in Scotland, applied to an artificial mound; a burial mound.

burial-mound1854

grave-mound1859

a hillock, or a barrow or tumulus, indicating the site of an interment, a burial-mound.

grave1863

A grave-mound. Also transf., dead men's graves (see quot.).

how1947

An artificial mound, tumulus, or barrow.

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— small (1)
— of specific shape (7)
— other specific types (2)
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