burial mound

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noun

a mound built over a grave or graves.Compare barrow²(def 1).

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Nearby words

burgundy trefoil, burhel, buri, burial, burial ground, burial mound, buriat, buridan's ass, buried flap, buried suture, burier

Origin of burial mound

First recorded in 1850–55

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for burial mound

Among these is the stone which once crowned the burial-mound on the plain of Marathon.
With the World's Great Travellers, Volume IV|Various
Then the Kings and Princes would have made him a burial-mound worthy of his name and his deeds.
The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy|Padriac Colum
That this was not likely to have been a burial-mound may be presumed from its formation.
The Prehistoric World|E. A. Allen
Peristalith, pe-ris′ta-lith, n. a series of standing stones surrounding a barrow or burial-mound.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various

No visible trace of his work remains but a tiny hillock, a burial-mound, a tumulus.
The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles|Jean Henri Fabre