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   mound

   /maʊnd/

   noun

   • 1. a rounded mass projecting above a surface: "the bushes were little more than vague mounds beneath the snow"
   • ▪ a small hill: "he built his castle high upon the mound" Similar hillockhillknollrisehummockhumpembankmentbankridgedunetorelevationacclivitytumpdrumlinbraelawtechnical:butte
   • ▪ a raised mass of earth and stones created for purposes of defence or burial: "the dead were cremated, and then buried at the centre of a great mound" Similar barrowtumulusmottetellkurgan
   • ▪ a slight elevation from which the pitcher delivers the ball.
   • 2. a large pile or quantity of something: "a mound of dirty crockery" Similar heappilestackmasscollectionaccumulationaggregationassemblagemountainpyramidricklebing

   verb

   • 1. heap up into a rounded pile: "basmati rice was mounded on our plates"
   • 2. enclose or fortify with an embankment: archaic "a sand-built ridge Of heaped hills that mound the sea"

   Word Origin early 16th century (as a verb in the sense ‘enclose with a fence or hedge’): of obscure origin. An early sense of the noun was ‘boundary hedge or fence’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • M

     3

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   • U

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   • N

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   • D

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