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mounds 1 of 2

noun

plural of mound
1
as in banks
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 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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3
as in hills
an area of high ground a pitcher's mound

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mounds

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mound
1
as in stacks
to form into a pile or ridge of earth mound the mulch around the plants

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2
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
Noun
Sign Up for Our Free Daily Newsletter Some hills in northern Alabama are burial mounds from the Copena people who lived there 2,000 years ago. — Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026 And in a sense, chocolate may have helped build the Mississippian mounds. — ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026 Hike or bike trails in Casper Bluff Land and Water Reserve, where Native American mounds dot a landscape overlooking the Mississippi River. — Taryn Shorr-McKee, Midwest Living, 26 Aug. 2026 Initial investigations began in 2014, when archaeologists at the University of South Carolina (USC) collaborated with the Muscogee Nation to collect 31 pottery shards from the Etowah mounds. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2026 Phenomenal™ lavender thrives where other lavender plants fail – tolerating humidity, heat, and even clay soil, all while producing mounds of fragrant foliage and dazzling blooms. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2026 The dough isn’t rolled or cut; instead, spoonfuls of soft biscuit dough are dropped directly over the fruit, forming crisp, golden mounds with fluffy centers. — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026 Gardener Tomoki Kato crafted a multilayered landscape featuring undulating mounds, red pine trees, a weeping cherry tree, and a pond. — Joanna Kawecki, Architectural Digest, 14 Aug. 2026 Ahead, pest pros share how to safely get rid of fire ant mounds and help keep them under control. — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 14 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mounds
  1. banks
  2. piles
  3. hills
  4. stacks
  5. mountains
  6. cliffs
  7. clumps
  8. drifts
Noun
  • Among the policy shifts reportedly on the table is a windfall tax aimed at banks and oil companies.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Designed around an Art Deco building that formerly housed a Citroën garage, the new 430,000-square-foot complex at Place de l’Yser on the banks of the Charleroi-Brussels Canal is Brussels’ only major modern and contemporary art museum.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of banks
Noun
  • Lining the approach to the gate, there was an embarrassment of new undergarments, towering piles of briefs and T-shirts.
    — Devin Friedman, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • When snow piles deep in the upper reaches, animals have no choice but to migrate down, since their food sources are covered with snow.
    — Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of piles
Noun
  • Not long after boarding a city bus in central Vienna, the grand buildings and busy streets of Austria’s capital gave way to wooded hills and rows of grapevines.
    — Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Aerial footage showed flames burning through the dense vegetation in the hills above the iconic museum complex.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of hills
Verb
  • Vertical stacking cuts heat The approach is based on Huawei’s LogicFolding architecture, which stacks active chip layers vertically instead of placing all the circuitry across a conventional two-dimensional layout.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
  • As the house begins to rise, the crew stacks wooden cribbing, like Lincoln Logs, into pillars underneath, to help support the structure.
    — Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of stacks
Noun
  • Close in age, Anderson and Coffey have become frequent golf partners and often take long hikes up the mountains and along the reservoirs outside the city, areas that remind Coffey of his rural home country.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026
  • If convenient, get the family together and travel up to the mountains for a panoramic view of what nature offers every autumn.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of mountains
Noun
  • Unique red sand, aqua seas, and dramatic lava cliffs provide an inspired setting.
    — Jennifer Tzeses, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Try the Whiteside Mountain jaunt, which weaves up 750-foot-tall cliffs, or hike a stretch along the 2,200-mile Appalachian National Scenic Trail, which leads to viewpoints like Wesser Bald Fire Tower.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of cliffs
Verb
  • Dividing clumps every few years in early spring also maintains their vigor.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of clumps
Noun
  • This makes the final month intriguing, even if some fantasy managers’ focus drifts toward football.
    — Greg Jewett, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • When every home needs a magazine-worthy renovation and every vacation looks like a luxury resort, our definition of what’s normal drifts upward.
    — byDoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
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“Mounds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mounds. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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