moundnoun [ C ]
uk/maʊnd/us/maʊnd/mound noun [ C ] (PILE)
a large pile of earth, stones, etc. like a small hill:
a burial mound (= a place where people were buried in ancient times)
a large pile of something:
a mound of potatoes/papers
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Geography: banks & embankments
- bank
- bluff
- dune
- embankment
- hummock
- levee
- riverbank
- riverine
- riverside
- sandbank
- sandbar
- shoal
- snow bank
- terraced
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Geography: hills & mountains
Masses and large amounts of things
mound noun [ C ] (BASEBALL)
US the raised area in baseball from which the pitcher throws the ball
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Baseball & rounders
- backstop
- ball
- ballgame
- base hit
- batting average
- bunt
- catcher
- curveball
- double
- glove
- grounder
- groundout
- home run
- infielder
- peg
- pitcher
- screwball
- sock
- stuff
- the World Series
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