mounded

verb

past tense of mound
1
as in piled
to form into a pile or ridge of earth mound the mulch around the plants

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2
as in stacked
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 mounded The uniform mounded shape and purple hues of the flower spikes, along with the contrasting silvery foliage, add attractive structure and framing along the edges of paved walkways. — Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 22 June 2026 Kent mounded up soil the couple bought from GreatSoil to create some elevation. — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026 One stretch, called Stuyvesant Cove Park, comprises only a floodable esplanade with plantings mounded up to the top of an eight-foot-high barrier wall that rises from street level and runs along an elevated section of FDR Drive. — James S. Russell, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026 The cheese, though, is white Prairie Breeze, shaved fine and mounded like a snowdrift atop the bowl. — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026 Montgomery says that your strawberry rows should be about 24 inches wide and mounded 6 inches high. — Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026 Rounds of roasted purple sweet potatoes arrive mounded with a mixture of salsa macha and butter, and liberally flecked with chives. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026 Fresh thyme and roasted garlic butter make for a bright-yet-rich broth, always mounded with Dungeness claws and hefty prawns. — Becky Duffett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026 Tahini sauce is mounded with honeyed kumquats. — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mounded
  1. piled
  2. stacked
  3. clumped
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  • Mike McDaniel’s implementation of his wide-zone offense hasn’t gone well, and the situation has worsened as injuries along the offensive line have piled up.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Vehicles were washed away and many ended up piled up at the bottom of hills.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of piled
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  • There was a basket with lemons, each one tied with red curling ribbon, fish spices stacked, the register with all the keys covered by a silicone hood, and a pile of newspapers next to a pile of wrapping sheets.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Many people were feared trapped as a tall building collapsed Friday in Kenya’s capital, leaving a huge mound of concrete and more than a dozen floors stacked like pancakes, with little space between them.
    — Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of stacked
Verb
  • Their ordinary matter — their gas and dust — swirled about and got clumped up.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
  • When the researchers tested what the hydroxyl radicals could do, a common protein clumped together at the plastic surfaces — a sign that its structure had been damaged.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of clumped

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“Mounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mounded. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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