Definition of MOUND

mound

Plural: mounds

Noun

  • (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
  • a small natural hill
  • a collection of objects laid on top of each other
  • structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
    • "they built small mounds to hide behind"
  • the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
    • "they have a southpaw on the mound"
  • An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
  • A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
  • Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
  • 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.
  • The mons veneris.
  • A hand.
  • A protection; restraint; curb.
  • A helmet.
  • Might; size.
  • a large amount of something.

Verb

Verb Forms: mounded, mounding, mounds

  • To heap or pile up something.
  • form into a rounded elevation
    • "mound earth"
  • To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to.
  • To force or pile into a mound or mounds.
  • To form a mound.

Examples

  • He carefully began to mound his tiles, planning a complex move for his next turn.
  • He mounded up his mashed potatoes so they left more space on the plate for the meat.
  • The pitcher was waiting at the mound.

Origin / Etymology

From earlier meaning "hedge, fence", from Middle English mound, mund (“protection, boundary, raised earthen rampart”), from Old English mund (“hand, hand of protection, protector, guardianship”), from Proto-West Germanic *mundu, from Proto-Germanic *mundō (“hand”), *munduz (“protection, patron”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂-nt-éh₂ (“the beckoning one”), from *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”).
Cognate with Old Frisian mund (“guardianship”), Old High German munt (“hand, protection”) (German Mündel (“ward”), Vormund (“a guardian”)), Old Norse mund (“hand”) (Icelandic mund), Middle Dutch mond (“protection”), and possibly Latin manus (“hand”), Ancient Greek μάρη (márē, “hand”).

Synonyms

agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, hammock, heap, hill, hillock, hummock, knoll, pile, pitcher, pitcher's mound, bank, bank up, bulwark, globe, globus cruciger, heap up, orb, pile up, rampart

Scrabble Score: 8

mound: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
mound: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mound: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

mound: valid Words With Friends Word