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mound
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- pronunciation:
- maUnd
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a raised pile; heap.
The children shoveled sand into a big mound.- synonyms:
- heap, pile
- similar words:
- bank, drift, stack
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| definition 2: |
a slightly raised hill of dirt in the center of a baseball field. The pitcher throws from this mound.
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
mounds, mounding, mounded |
| definition: |
to form into a pile or heap.
They mounded the leaves into a huge pile and jumped in.- synonyms:
- bank, heap, pile
- similar words:
- stack
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