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mound

1
[ mound ]
/ maʊnd /
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noun

verb (used with object)

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

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RELATED WORDS

mountain, rise, hillock, shock, drift, dune, pile, bank, embankment, knoll, mass, stack, molehill, anthill, tumulus

Nearby words

  1. moult,
  2. moultrie,
  3. moultrie, fort,
  4. moultrie, william,
  5. moulvi,
  6. mound bird,
  7. mound builder,
  8. mound builders,
  9. mound-builder,
  10. moundbird

Origin of mound

1
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, Middle Dutch mond protection
Related formsun·mound·ed, adjective

Definition for mound (2 of 2)

mound

2
[ mound ]
/ maʊnd /

noun

a globe topped with a cross that symbolizes power and constitutes part of the regalia of an English sovereign.

Origin of mound

2
1250–1300; Middle English: world < Old French monde < Latin mundus world
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British Dictionary definitions for mound (1 of 2)

mound

1
/ (maʊnd) /

noun

verb

(often foll by up) to gather into a mound; heap
(tr) to cover or surround with a moundto mound a grave
Related formsRelated adjective: tumular

Word Origin for mound

C16: earthwork, perhaps from Old English mund hand, hence defence: compare Middle Dutch mond protection

British Dictionary definitions for mound (2 of 2)

mound

2
/ (maʊnd) /

noun

heraldry a rare word for orb (def. 1)

Word Origin for mound

C13 (meaning: world, C16: orb): from French monde, from Latin mundus world
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