mound
[noun]
Synonyms:
- heap, drift, pile, rick, stack
- hill, bank, dune, embankment, hillock, knoll, rise

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English Thesaurus: pile, stack, heap, mound, mountain, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

mound /maʊnd/ noun [countable]

1. a pile of earth or stones that looks like a small hill:
an ancient burial mound
mound of
a small mound of dirt

2. a large pile of something
mound of
There’s a mound of papers on my desk.
The waiter appeared with a huge mound of spaghetti.

3. (also pitcher’s mound) the small hill that the pitcher stands on in the game of baseball

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

mound
noun
I. small hill
ADJ. high, large The church stands on a high mound just outside the village.
low, small | grassy
PREP. on a/the ~ a small tree on a grassy mound
PHRASES the foot/top of a mound

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

mound
II. pile
ADJ. great, huge, large | little, neat, small a neat mound of leaves
PREP. ~ of a great mound of paperwork

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

pile a group of things of the same type that are put on top of each other:
a huge pile of cardboard boxes
stack a neat pile of things of the same type:
There were stacks of books on the floor.
heap a large messy pile of things:
All his clothes were in a heap on the floor.
mound a pile of something with a round shape:
a small mound of rice on the plate
mountain a very large pile of something with a round shape:
a mountain of dirty laundry waiting to be washed

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