| NOUN | artifact | mound, hill, pitcher's mound | (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands |
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| object | mound, knoll, hillock, hummock, hammock | a small natural hill | |
| group | mound, pile, heap, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus | a collection of objects laid on top of each other | |
| artifact | mound, hill | structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones | |
| act | mound, pitcher | the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit | |
| VERB | creation | mound | form into a rounded elevation |
| Sounds | maw'nd | |
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| Rhymes | abound ... wound: 56 rhymes with awnd... | |
| Meaning | (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands. | |
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| Synonyms | hill, pitcher's mound | |
| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
| Part of | baseball diamond, diamond, infield | The area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate |
| Broader | baseball equipment | equipment used in playing baseball |
| Spanish | base de lanzamiento, montículo | |
| Catalan | monticle del llançador | |
| Meaning | A small natural hill. | |
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| Synonyms | knoll, hillock, hummock, hammock | |
| Narrower | anthill, formicary | A mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest |
| kopje, koppie | A small hill rising up from the African veld | |
| molehill | A mound of earth made by moles while burrowing | |
| Broader | hill | A local and well-defined elevation of the land |
| Spanish | cerrito, colina, collado, loma, montecillo, montículo, mota | |
| Catalan | pujol | |
| Verbs | mound | form into a rounded elevation |
| Meaning | A collection of objects laid on top of each other. | |
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| Synonyms | pile, heap, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus | |
| Narrower | compost heap, compost pile | A heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost |
| dunghill, midden, muckheap, muckhill | A heap of dung or refuse | |
| pyre, funeral pyre | wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite | |
| scrapheap | pile of discarded metal | |
| shock | A pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry | |
| slagheap | pile of waste matter from coal mining etc | |
| stack | An orderly pile | |
| stockpile | A storage pile accumulated for future use | |
| woodpile | A pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel | |
| Broader | collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage | Several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
| Spanish | acumulación, aglomerado, cúmulo, montaña, montículo, montón, pila | |
| Catalan | apilament, muntanya, munt, pila, pilot | |
| Meaning | structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones. | |
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| Example | "they built small mounds to hide behind" | |
| Synonym | hill | |
| Narrower | barbette | (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort / fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet |
| burial mound, grave mound, barrow, tumulus | (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs | |
| embankment | A long artificial mound of stone or earth | |
| snowbank, snow bank | A mound or heap of snow | |
| Broader | structure, construction | A thing constructed |
| Spanish | montículo, morón, túmulo | |
| Catalan | mota | |
| Verbs | mound | form into a rounded elevation |
| Meaning | The position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit. | |
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| Example | "they have a southpaw on the mound" | |
| Synonym | pitcher | |
| Member of | baseball team | A team that plays baseball |
| Broader | position | (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player |
| Spanish | lanzadora, lanzador, pitcher | |
| Catalan | pitcher | |
| Meaning | form into a rounded elevation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "mound earth" | |
| Narrower | mound over | form a mound over |
| Broader | shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge | make something, usually for a specific function |
| Spanish | amontonar | |
| Catalan | amuntegar | |
| Nouns | mound | structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones |
| mound | a small natural hill | |
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