often attributive
1
a(1)
: an artificial bank or hill of earth or stones
especially
: one constructed over a burial or ceremonial site
(2)
: the slightly elevated ground on which a baseball pitcher stands
b
: a rounded hill or natural formation
mounded; mounding; mounds
1
: to form into a mound
2
archaic
: to enclose or fortify with a fence or a ridge of earth
Examples of mound in a Sentence
Noun
the burial mounds of an ancient people
a mound of dirty laundry
a mound of mashed potatoes
Verb
He mounded the food onto his plate.
a desk mounded with books and papers
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Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2026
Waldichuk pointed to his elbow while getting checked by athletic trainers on the mound and then headed to the dugout as Cole Henry came out of the bullpen.
—ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
Shayna Rubin, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 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
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Noun
The Yankees will look to avoid its first series sweep Sunday with Cam Schlittler on the mound against Tampa Bay’s Drew Rasmussen.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2026
Waldichuk pointed to his elbow while getting checked by athletic trainers on the mound and then headed to the dugout as Cole Henry came out of the bullpen.
—ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
Verb
In August on the Petco Park mound a comebacker struck his knee, which buckled, and he was carted off the field.
—Shayna Rubin, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 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
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“Mound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mound. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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mound
1 of 2 noun1
: a small hill or heap of dirt or stones (as one made to mark a grave)
2
: the slightly raised ground on which a baseball pitcher stands
mound
2 of 2 verb
: to form into a mound
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