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| anthill |
a mound produced by ants in making their nest. |
| barrow2 |
a burial mound. |
| berm |
a low wall, mound, or barrier of earth, often one banked against the foundation of a building, to help insulate it. [1/3 definitions] |
| coral reef |
a mound or ridge of coral skeletons and calcium deposits that forms in warm, shallow sea waters. |
| cromlech |
a prehistoric monument consisting of upright monoliths arranged in a circle around a mound. [1/2 definitions] |
| dune |
a mound or hill of sand built up by the action of wind. |
| embank |
to enclose or support with a mound or wall of earth or stone; construct an embankment around or along. |
| embankment |
a mound or bank of earth or stone formed to support a roadway, serve as a protective barrier, or the like. |
| haycock |
a small conical mound of hay that is drying in the field. |
| hill |
to make into or provide with a mound, pile, or heap. [1/4 definitions] |
| hillock |
a relatively small hill or mound. |
| hummock |
a low, rounded mound or knoll of earth, esp. in a low-lying marsh. [1/2 definitions] |
| hump |
a low, rounded mound of earth; knoll. [1/6 definitions] |
| knoll |
a small rounded rise of land; mound. |
| levee1 |
a raised mound built along the perimeters of irrigated fields. [1/4 definitions] |
| mons pubis |
the raised mound of flesh below the abdomen of the adult male, covered by pubic hair. |
| mons veneris |
the raised mound of flesh below the abdomen of the adult female, covered by pubic hair. |
| mound |
to provide with a mound or mounds, as for defense or concealment. [1/6 definitions] |
| rampart |
a mound of earth raised to serve as a defensive fortification, often topped with a protective wall. [1/3 definitions] |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. [1/2 definitions] |
| rubber1 |
in baseball, an oblong piece of rubber set in the pitcher's mound. [1/9 definitions] |
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