Definitions for Mound

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Mound mound

Spelling: [mound]

IPA: /maʊnd/

Mound is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 47 anagrams from letters in Mound (dmnou).

Definitions for Mound

noun

1. a natural elevation of earth; a hillock or knoll.
2. an artificial elevation of earth, as for a defense work or a dam or barrier; an embankment.
3. a heap or raised mass:
4. Baseball. the slightly raised ground from which the pitcher delivers the ball. See also rubber1 (def 14).
5. an elevation formed of earth, sand, stones, etc., especially over a grave or ruins.
6. a tumulus or other raised work of earth dating from a prehistoric or long-past period.
7. a globe topped with a cross that symbolizes power and constitutes part of the regalia of an English sovereign.

verb (used with object)

1. to form into a mound; heap up.
2. to furnish with a mound of earth, as for a defense.

Origin of Mound

1505-15; earlier: hedge or fence used as a boundary or protection, (v.) to enclose with a fence; compare Old English mund hand, hence protection, protector; cognate with Old Norse mund, Middl

Examples for Mound

Over every height, every mound, one might be lying—a trap for my destruction.

Scans of many of these have been amassed by Vieira on his Facebook page, Stone Builders, mound Builders and the Giants of Ancient.

The first mound that I encountered belonged to a goblin who was splashing in his tub.

To cover the dead with a mound of earth was a custom common to all nations.

It did not need Mali-ya-bwana's whispered "faru" (rhinoceros) to identify the mound.

But when this mound was built there were towns here, busy and crowded.

Here Luqman also pointed out a curious structure, a mound rising on the side of the wall in front of all the urns.

Salama al Sersawi leans on a bench, waiting to get his mound of matted hair reined in.

The salmon is presented atop a mound of sautéed vegetables: mushrooms, peppers, squash, onions, leafy greens, and herbs.

Yezidis play a sort of basketball game here, balling cloth up and tossing it onto the top of the mound.