Definition of mound

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Mound (n.) An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embarkment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart; also, a natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll..

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Undam :: Undam (v. t.) To free from a dam, mound, or other obstruction..
Tumulate :: Tumulate (v. t.) To cover, as a corpse, with a mound or tomb; to bury..
Dun :: Dun (n.) A mound or small hill.
Tell :: Tell (n.) A hill or mound.
Eschar :: Eschar (n.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams..
Rideau :: Rideau (n.) A small mound of earth; ground slightly elevated; a small ridge.
Bank :: Bank (n.) A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow..
Parados :: Parados (n.) An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse..
Tumulous :: Tumulous (a.) Full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose.
Imbankment :: Imbankment (n.) The act of surrounding with a bank; a bank or mound raised for defense, a roadway, etc.; an embankment. See Embankment..
Agger :: Agger (n.) An earthwork; a mound; a raised work.
Earthbank :: Earthbank (n.) A bank or mound of earth.
Stannary :: Stank (n.) A dam or mound to stop water.
Barbette :: Barbette (n.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet..
Burrow :: Burrow (n.) A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5..
Mount :: Mount (v.) A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound.
Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart..
Milldam :: Milldam (n.) A dam or mound to obstruct a water course, and raise the water to a height sufficient to turn a mill wheel..
Berry :: Berry (n.) A mound; a hillock.
Low :: Low (n.) A hill; a mound; a grave.
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