mound

noun

/maʊnd/

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a large pile of earth or stones; a small hill
- a Bronze Age burial mound
- The castle was built on top of a natural grassy mound.
Extra Examples
- The church stands on a high mound just outside the village.
- a small tree on a grassy mound
Topics Geographyc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- high
- large
- low
- …
preposition
- on a/the mound
phrases
- the foot of a mound
- the top of a mound
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a pile synonym heap
- a small mound of rice/sand
Extra Examples
- a neat mound of leaves
- He covered the mound of rice on his plate with the sauce.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- great
- huge
- …
preposition
- mound of
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mound of something (informal) a large amount of something synonym heap
- I've got a mound of paperwork to do.
- a great mound of paperwork
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- great
- huge
- …
preposition
- mound of
See full entry
(in baseball ) the small raised area where the player who throws the ball (called the pitcher) stands

Word Originearly 16th cent. (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’.

单词	mound
释义	mound noun /maʊnd/ /maʊnd/ jump to other results a large pile of earth or stones; a small hill a Bronze Age burial mound The castle was built on top of a natural grassy mound. Extra Examples The church stands on a high mound just outside the village. a small tree on a grassy mound Topics Geographyc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective high large low … preposition on a/the mound phrases the foot of a mound the top of a mound See full entry a pile synonym heap a small mound of rice/sand Extra Examples a neat mound of leaves He covered the mound of rice on his plate with the sauce. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective big great huge … preposition mound of See full entry mound of something (informal) a large amount of something synonym heap I've got a mound of paperwork to do. a great mound of paperwork Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective big great huge … preposition mound of See full entry (in baseball ) the small raised area where the player who throws the ball (called the pitcher) stands Word Originearly 16th cent. (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’.
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