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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Agger :: Agger (n.) An earthwork; a mound; a raised work.
Maleo :: Maleo (n.) A bird of Celebes (megacephalon maleo), allied to the brush turkey. It makes mounds in which to lay its eggs..
Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound..
Earthbank :: Earthbank (n.) A bank or mound of earth.
Hornito :: Hornito (n.) A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, and emitting smoke and vapors from its sides and summit..
Knoll :: Knoll (n.) A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill.
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..
Burrow :: Burrow (n.) A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5..
Tope :: Tope (n.) A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic..
Rideau :: Rideau (n.) A small mound of earth; ground slightly elevated; a small ridge.
Low :: Low (n.) A hill; a mound; a grave.
Barrow :: Barrow (n.) A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead; a tumulus.
Mound :: 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..
Mounded :: Mounded (imp. & p. p.) of Moun.
Stupa :: Stupa (n.) A mound or monument commemorative of Buddha.
Rockery :: Rockery (n.) A mound formed of fragments of rock, earth, etc., and set with plants..
Camp :: Camp (n.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie.
Tell :: Tell (n.) A hill or mound.
Tumulous :: Tumulous (a.) Full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose.
Stannary :: Stank (n.) A dam or mound to stop water.
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