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as in piling
to form into a pile or ridge of earth
mound the mulch around the plants
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as in stacking
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 mounding
Clean Sweep™ Snowbank™ Indian Hawthorne is an improved cultivar with strong branching, producing a full canopy that never requires pruning to maintain its compact, mounding form.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2026
McDearmon would take a look and suggest mounding some of it for a little elevation.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2026
Blue-black berries form in late summer and decorate the dense, mounding evergreen shrub through winter.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2025
Place apple mixture on top of cranberries, mounding slightly in center; push down any sharp apple edges.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2026
McDearmon would take a look and suggest mounding some of it for a little elevation.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2026
Blue-black berries form in late summer and decorate the dense, mounding evergreen shrub through winter.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2025
Place apple mixture on top of cranberries, mounding slightly in center; push down any sharp apple edges.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mounding
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Bathroom Items The start of a new season is a good time to sort through everything that has been piling up in your bathroom over the last few months, Duckwork explains.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
3 Mar. 2026
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Now, after a series of spending hikes and tax cuts, deficits are piling up year after year, and the Congressional Budget Office expects federal debt to hit a historic high of 120% of America’s gross domestic product by 2035.—
Paul Wiseman,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Hummingbird is a classic, but the original recipe requires stacking three-layers of banana-pineapple cake.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
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The comedy was hailed as a breakthrough for not only stacking its core characters with women, but employing a screenplay written by women (Wiig and her Barb & Star castmate Annie Mumolo), as well.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Feb. 2026
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That’s also where the classic debate, clumping vs non-clumping litter, shows up.—
Svetlana Khachiyan,
USA Today,
19 Dec. 2025
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Alzheon's product is meant to keep plaques from forming in the first place, by preventing amyloid proteins from clumping at all.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
29 Oct. 2025
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This process is called hilling and creates an area of loose soil where tubers easily form while being shaded from the sun.—
Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Mounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mounding. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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