mound 1 of 2

noun

Definition of moundnext
1
as in bank
a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow) mounds of snow after the plow had passed

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2
as in pile
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another an ever-growing mound of dirty laundry on the floor

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3
as in hill
an area of high ground a pitcher's mound

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mound

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verb

ˈmau̇nd How to pronounce mound (audio)
1
as in to hill
to form into a pile or ridge of earth mound the mulch around the plants

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2
as in to pile
to lay or throw on top of one another mounding slices of cheese on top of her sandwich meat

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Recent Examples of mound
Noun
Tonight the Guardians are sending out Foster Griffin to the mound. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Yoshinobu Yamamoto starts for the Dodgers, and Logan Henderson takes the mound for the Brewers. — CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Verb
With a mounding growth habit, these plants require no pruning or deadheading to keep blooming for months. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 1 Aug. 2026 That was especially the case while rehabbing at Class-A Charleston during a 2023 late-season return to mound that produced 40 innings of work across four levels. — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for mound
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mound
  1. bank
  2. pile
  3. hill
  4. stack
  5. mountain
  6. drift
Noun
  • Shop today, and deal with your bank account’s arguments tomorrow.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2026
  • In the eighteen-seventies, after thieves began kidnapping bank managers, James Sargent invented the first commercially successful time lock.
    — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of bank
Noun
  • The Rest and Relax Inn in Pensacola, Florida, was surrounded by piles of debris after it was stripped of roofing materials during a heavy hit from the hurricane last night.
    — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Dozens of protesters, many of them young, dressed in black and wearing masks, threw rocks and firecrackers at police at the central Brussels railway station, before setting several fires, one to a pile of city bikes and electric scooters.
    — Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of pile
Noun
  • What, for example, determines the topography of the hills and valleys?
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Most opening acts have a pretty hard hill to climb because [the fans] are mostly not there to see them.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of hill
Verb
  • The reality is that organizing alone can’t fix a system stacked against us.
    — Liz Shuler, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Floor-to-ceiling shelves are stacked with fine hardcover books, wooden xylophones, ticking clocks, and high-tech speakers.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of stack
Noun
  • Reaching Gary Grabowske’s land requires grinding along rocky mountain trails and through gullies carved by flash floods.
    — Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • By the time jokes start flying, about 12,300 tickets will have been purchased, said Creston Thornton, president of promoter Live Nation’s mountain region.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of mountain
Noun
  • Continuous anomaly detection can also catch budget drift immediately—rather than at month-end—improving our overall operational efficiency.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • If the draft resolution is adopted in October, keeping track of the differences between these time scales, especially the drift between UTC and UT1, would become a more important part of high-precision timekeeping.
    — Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of drift

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“Mound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mound. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

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