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mound1 / mound/ • n. a rounded mass projecting above a surface. ∎ a raised mass of earth, stones, or other compacted material, sometimes created artificially for purposes of defense or burial. ∎ a small hill. ∎ (a mound of/mounds of) a large pile or quantity of something: burying potential problems under mounds of cash. ∎ Baseball (in full pitcher’s mound) the elevated area from which the pitcher delivers the ball. • v. [tr.] heap up into a rounded pile: mound the pie filling slightly in the center. ∎ archaic enclose, bound, or fortify with an embankment: hills that mound the sea. PHRASES: take the mound Baseball (of a pitcher) have a turn at pitching: Morris will take the mound Tuesday. mound2 • n. archaic a ball representing the earth, used as part of royal regalia, e.g., on top of a crown, typically of gold and surmounted by a cross. |
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"mound." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "mound." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-mound.html "mound." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-mound.html |
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mound prehistoric earthwork erected over a burial place as a memorial or landmark, a defensive embankment, or a site for ceremonial or religious rites. Such structures are found in many parts of the world, but the name is applied in particular to those of North America, ascribed to a people known as Mound Builders . Sometimes the term is also applied to heaps of community refuse, as in shell mound . |
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"mound." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "mound." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-mound.html "mound." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-mound.html |
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mound2 (dial.) hedge, fence; embankment XVI; artificial elevation of earth or stones, tumulus XVIII perh. f. the somewhat earlier mound vb. enclose with a fence, of unkn. orig.
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T. F. HOAD. "mound." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "mound." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-mound1.html T. F. HOAD. "mound." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-mound1.html |
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mound1 † world XIII; orb intended to represent the globe XVI. — (O)F. monde :- L. mundus world (see MUNDANE).
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T. F. HOAD. "mound." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "mound." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-mound.html T. F. HOAD. "mound." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-mound.html |
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mound •abound, aground, around, astound, bound, compound, confound, dumbfound, expound, found, ground, hound, impound, interwound, mound, pound, profound, propound, redound, round, sound, stoneground, surround, theatre-in-the-round (US theater-in-the-round), underground, wound
•spellbound • westbound • casebound
•eastbound • windbound • hidebound
•fogbound • stormbound
•northbound • housebound
•outbound • southbound • snowbound
•weatherbound • earthbound
•hellhound • greyhound • foxhound
•newshound • wolfhound
•bloodhound • background
•battleground • campground
•fairground • playground
•whip-round • foreground
•showground • merry-go-round
•runaround • turnaround • ultrasound
•pre-owned, unowned
•unchaperoned • poind • untuned
•Lund
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"mound." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "mound." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-mound.html "mound." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-mound.html |
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