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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mound1 /maʊnd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- an elevation of earth:Native Americans raised special burial mounds in southern Illinois.
- a heap or raised mass:two mounds of mashed potatoes.
- Sportthe slightly raised ground from which a baseball pitcher delivers the ball.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mound1 (mound),USA pronunciation n. - a natural elevation of earth;
a hillock or knoll. - an artificial elevation of earth, as for a defense work or a dam or barrier;
an embankment. - a heap or raised mass:a mound of papers; a mound of hay.
- Sport[Baseball.]the slightly raised ground from which the pitcher delivers the ball. Cf. rubber (def. 13).
- an elevation formed of earth, sand, stones, etc., esp. over a grave or ruins.
- Archaeologya tumulus or other raised work of earth dating from a prehistoric or long-past period.
v.t. - to form into a mound;
heap up. - to furnish with a mound of earth, as for a defense.
- 1505–15; earlier: hedge or fence used as a boundary or protection, (verb, verbal) to enclose with a fence; compare Old English mund hand, hence protection, protector; cognate with Old Norse mund, Middle Dutch mond protection
- British Termsa globe topped with a cross that symbolizes power and constitutes part of the regalia of an English sovereign.
- Latin mundus world
- Old French monde
- Middle English: world 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mound /maʊnd/ n - a raised mass of earth, debris, etc
- any heap or pile: a mound of washing
- a small natural hill
- an artificial ridge of earth, stone, etc, as used for defence
vb - (often followed by up) to gather into a mound; heap
- (transitive) to cover or surround with a mound: to mound a grave
Etymology: 16th Century: earthwork, perhaps from Old English mund hand, hence defence: compare Middle Dutch mond protection |