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mound (noun)

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  • mound — ► NOUN 1) a raised mass of earth or other compacted material. 2) a small hill. 3) a heap or pile. ► VERB ▪ heap up into a mound. ORIGIN originally in the sense boundary hedge or fence : of obscure origin …   English terms dictionary

  • mound bird — noun large footed short winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs • Syn: ↑megapode, ↑mound bird, ↑mound builder, ↑scrub fowl • Hypernyms: ↑gallinaceous bird, ↑gallinacean …   Useful english dictionary

  • mound — noun 1 small hill ADJECTIVE ▪ high, large ▪ The church stands on a high mound just outside the town. ▪ low, small ▪ grassy …   Collocations dictionary

  • mound-bird — noun large footed short winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs • Syn: ↑megapode, ↑mound bird, ↑mound builder, ↑scrub fowl • Hypernyms: ↑gallinaceous bird, ↑gallinacean …   Useful english dictionary

  • mound-builder — moundˈ builder noun A mound bird • • • Main Entry: ↑mound …   Useful english dictionary

  • mound — [ maund ] noun count 1. ) a small hill, especially one that has been made by people a ) the small hill where the PITCHER stands to throw the ball in baseball 2. ) a pile of something such as earth or stones a ) an amount of something in a pile: a …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • mound — noun (C) 1 a pile of earth or stones that looks like a small hill 2 a large pile of something (+ of): There s a mound of papers on my desk. | The waiter appeared with a huge mound of spaghetti. 3 the small hill that the pitcher stands on in the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • mound — noun 1) a mound of books Syn: heap, pile, stack, mountain 2) high on the mound Syn: hillock, hill, knoll, rise, hummock, hump; Scottish brae …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • mound builder — noun large footed short winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs • Syn: ↑megapode, ↑mound bird, ↑mound bird, ↑scrub fowl • Hypernyms: ↑gallinaceous bird, ↑gallinacean …   Useful english dictionary

  • mound|bird — «MOWND BURD», noun, or mound bird, = megapode. (Cf. ↑megapode) …   Useful english dictionary

  • mound burial — noun : the practice of laying a corpse on the surface and covering it with earth or stones or of heaping up a mound of soil and sinking a grave into it compare barrow I 2 …   Useful english dictionary

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