MOUNDS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Mound

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

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’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: maʊnd
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a rounded mass projecting above a surface

Short Definition:

projecting rounded mass

Examples:
  • the bushes were little more than vague mounds beneath the snow
Definition:

a large pile or quantity of something

Short Definition:

large pile or quantity

Examples:
  • a mound of dirty crockery

Word: Mound

Speech Type: Verb

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: maʊnd
Dialects: British English
Definition:

heap up into a rounded pile

Short Definition:

heap up into pile

Examples:
  • basmati rice was mounded on our plates
Definition:

enclose or fortify with an embankment

Short Definition:

enclose with embankment

Examples:
  • a sand-built ridge Of heaped hills that mound the sea

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