mound
1noun
verb (used with object)
Origin of mound
1mound
2noun
Origin of mound
2Related Words for mound
mountain, rise, hillock, shock, drift, dune, pile, bank, embankment, knoll, mass, stack, molehill, anthill, tumulusExamples from the Web for mound
Contemporary Examples of mound
Scans of many of these have been amassed by Vieira on his Facebook page, Stone Builders, Mound Builders and the Giants of Ancient.
Yezidis play a sort of basketball game here, balling cloth up and tossing it onto the top of the mound.
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.
Historical Examples of mound
But when this mound was built there were towns here, busy and crowded.
The Trail BookMary Austin
It did not need Mali-ya-bwana's whispered "faru" (rhinoceros) to identify the mound.
The Leopard WomanStewart Edward White
The first mound that I encountered belonged to a goblin who was splashing in his tub.
American NotesRudyard Kipling
To cover the dead with a mound of earth was a custom common to all nations.
English VillagesP. H. Ditchfield
Over every height, every mound, one might be lying—a trap for my destruction.
Wilfrid CumbermedeGeorge MacDonald