American English pronunciation
How to pronounce mounds
IPA transcription: ['maʊndz]
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Noun
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a collection of objects laid on top of each other
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(baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
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a small natural hill
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structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
“they built small mounds to hide behind”
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the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
“he has played every position except pitcher”
“they have a southpaw on the mound”
Verb
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form into a rounded elevation
“mound earth”
Usage examples
- They can form dense mats and even mounds that grow over low features.
- Two more former stupas nearby are now only brick mounds.
- Present-day Moundsville has developed around it near the banks of the Ohio River.
- The mounds, some rather sharp, remained when rainwater and brooks cut into the sandstone.
- Very few art relics were found at the mounds site.
- Burial mounds from the Neolithic and the Bronze Age prove an early settlement of the municipal area.
- Two burial mounds dating from the Bronze Age are located near the peak.
- Mounds along the river are evidence of past activity.
- The Village of Blue Mounds is located within the town.
- Two large and several smaller American Indian mounds have been identified on nearby farms.