plural mounds
1
: a small hill or pile of dirt or stones
the burial mounds of an ancient people
2
: the slightly raised area of ground on which a baseball pitcher stands
the pitcher's/pitching mound
3
: a heap or pile of something
a mound of dirty laundry
a mound of snow
a mound of mashed potatoes
—sometimes used figurativelyWe have a mound of work to do. [=we have a lot of work to do]
an athlete who has earned mounds of money [=a large amount of money]
mounds; mounded; mounding
chiefly US
1
: to make a pile with or of (something)
He mounded the food onto his plate.
The snow was mounded (up) on both sides of the road. [=there was a pile of snow on both sides of the road]
2
: to cover (something) with a pile of something
His plate was mounded with food. [=there was a pile of food on his plate]
a desk mounded with books and papers
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“Mound.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/mound. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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