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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Tope :: Tope (n.) A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic..
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..
Barrow :: Barrow (n.) A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead; a tumulus.
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..
Kitchen Middens :: Kitchen middens () Relics of neolithic man found on the coast of Denmark, consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten feet high, one thousand feet long, and two hundred feet wide. The name is applied also to similar mounds found on the American coast from Canada to Florida, made by the North American Indians..
Berry :: Berry (n.) A mound; a hillock.
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..
Rideau :: Rideau (n.) A small mound of earth; ground slightly elevated; a small ridge.
Hornito :: Hornito (n.) A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, and emitting smoke and vapors from its sides and summit..
Bank :: Bank (v. t.) To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank..
Mounding :: Mounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moun.
Rockery :: Rockery (n.) A mound formed of fragments of rock, earth, etc., and set with plants..
Earthbank :: Earthbank (n.) A bank or mound of earth.
Low :: Low (n.) A hill; a mound; a grave.
Knoll :: Knoll (n.) A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill.
Tumulate :: Tumulate (v. t.) To cover, as a corpse, with a mound or tomb; to bury..
Mound :: Mound (n.) A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also globe..
Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound..
Mounded :: Mounded (imp. & p. p.) of Moun.
Orb :: Orb (n.) Same as Mound, a ball or globe. See lst Mound..
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