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   mound

   /mound/

   noun

   • 1. 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. Similar barrowtumulusmottetellkurgan
   • ▪ a small hill. Similar hillockhillknollrisehummockhumpembankmentbankridgedunetorelevationacclivitytumpdrumlinbraelawtechnical:butte
   • ▪ a large pile or quantity of something: "burying potential problems under mounds of cash" Similar heappilestackmasscollectionaccumulationaggregationassemblagemountainpyramidricklebing
   • ▪ the elevated area from which the pitcher delivers the ball.

   verb

   • 1. heap up into a rounded pile: "mound the pie filling slightly in the center"
   • ▪ enclose, bound, or fortify with an embankment: "hills that mound the sea"

   Word Origin early 16th century (as a verb in the sense ‘enclose with a fence or hedge’): of obscure origin. An early sense of the noun was ‘boundary hedge or fence’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   • U

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