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as in piles
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another
an ever-growing mound of dirty laundry on the floor
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as in hills
an area of high ground
a pitcher's mound
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as in heaps
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 mounds
Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
Followers of the Hopewell tradition constructed the Toolesboro mounds.
—Michael Plummer, Des Moines Register, 1 Mar. 2026
Funtjar’s is the last in the row and the closest to the mounds of rock on the other side of the fence.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 1 Mar. 2026
Friday, mounds of snow remained on side streets in West Brighton.
—Jennifer Bisram, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Wearing a pom pom hat and mittens and shovel in hand, a smiling Michelle Wu is trying to convince residents that the massive snow mounds plaguing city streets are not a bad thing, but a joyful experience.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
By the time the sun rose at the shore, the video showed a winter wonderland, with mounds of untouched snow covering trees and homes.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
Drop heaping tablespoon-sized mounds of coconut, about 1 1/2 inches apart, on the baking sheets.
—Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Jim Lapic, master gardener with the Penn State Master Gardener Program, uses broken terracotta pots and places them along the sides of his garden mounds.
—Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 6 Feb. 2026
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Remnants of shell middens (high mounds of shells accumulated from long term group settlement) can still be found within the reserve.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
Followers of the Hopewell tradition constructed the Toolesboro mounds.
—Michael Plummer, Des Moines Register, 1 Mar. 2026
Funtjar’s is the last in the row and the closest to the mounds of rock on the other side of the fence.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 1 Mar. 2026
Friday, mounds of snow remained on side streets in West Brighton.
—Jennifer Bisram, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Wearing a pom pom hat and mittens and shovel in hand, a smiling Michelle Wu is trying to convince residents that the massive snow mounds plaguing city streets are not a bad thing, but a joyful experience.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
By the time the sun rose at the shore, the video showed a winter wonderland, with mounds of untouched snow covering trees and homes.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
Drop heaping tablespoon-sized mounds of coconut, about 1 1/2 inches apart, on the baking sheets.
—Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Jim Lapic, master gardener with the Penn State Master Gardener Program, uses broken terracotta pots and places them along the sides of his garden mounds.
—Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mounds
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The trail takes visitors along Rottenwood Creek where, at this time of year, thousands of dimpled trout lilies (Erythronium umbilicatum) create bright yellow carpets on the hillsides and stream banks.—
Charles Seabrook,
AJC.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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The show took him to Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall, India’s Bodhi Tree, Mayan temples in Guatemala, the pyramids of Egypt and the banks of the Ganges River.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
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However, if those paths are blocked by shrubbery or piles of leaves, the water backs up.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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Workers in white hazmat suits moved piles of rubbish into trucks.—
Caroline Silva,
AJC.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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Bookended by rocky hills, Jale Beach, located just north of Himara, is known for its more intimate atmosphere.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2026
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Snow will be heaviest in the mountains and hills along Interstate 70 and just south of the highway.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
6 Mar. 2026
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For All Mankind also debuted a new relaxed slim jean for women that stacks well over heels.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Feb. 2026
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Special enough for a holiday occasion and hearty enough for a main course, this casserole stacks bright layers of veggies drenched in our Easy Cheese Sauce.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2026
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The Ichikawas are using their years climbing mountains and craggy cliffs all over the world to guide their signature concoctions.—
Samantha Gowen,
Oc Register,
9 Mar. 2026
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In Patagonia’s mountains, Adelaida, the last of a Chilean indigenous people, resists relocation as a mining project threatens her ancestral land.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2026
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Or, enjoy the scenery from offshore on a boat ride around the white cliffs.—
Madeline Bilis,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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Secluded at the base of 300-foot cliffs and hard to access, Black’s Beach was the prime spot for it.—
Assistant Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Like generations of potential treatments before it, KRSA-028 is designed to break down a protein called amyloid that clumps up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.—
Allison DeAngelis,
STAT,
18 Feb. 2026
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However, sometimes the abnormal IgA (the antibody that clumps up and causes problems) does run in families.—
Brandi Jones,
Health,
15 Jan. 2026
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Instead, Zeisig treats the project like a beat tape, preferring static mats of sound and dynamically unyielding drifts over crescendoes and catharsis.—
Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
10 Mar. 2026
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Konrad, 24, drifts between Berlin’s techno clubs and a slow self-destruction until summoned to identify a body that may be his mother’s – a German internationalist guerrilla fighter who abandoned him when a child.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Mounds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mounds. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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