Entry Word: mound

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow) <mounds of snow after the plow had passed> — see ²bank
2 a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another <an ever-growing mound of dirty laundry on the floor> — see ¹pile 1
3 an area of high ground <a pitcherʼs mound> — see height 4