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Antonyms for mound

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mound
Phonetic Transcription : maÊŠnd

Definition of mound

Origin :
  • 1550s, "hedge, fence," also "embankment, dam" (a sense probably influenced by mount (n.)). The relationship between the noun and the verb is uncertain. Commonly supposed to be from Old English mund "hand, protection, guardianship" (cognate with Latin manus), but this is not certain (OED discounts it on grounds of sense). Perhaps a confusion of the native word and Middle Dutch mond "protection," used in military sense for fortifications of various types, including earthworks. From 1726 as "artificial elevation" (as over a grave); 1810 as "natural low elevation." As the place where the pitcher stands on a baseball field, from 1912.
  • noun heap, hill
Example sentences :
  • But when this mound was built there were towns here, busy and crowded.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • It did not need Mali-ya-bwana's whispered "faru" (rhinoceros) to identify the mound.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • The first mound that I encountered belonged to a goblin who was splashing in his tub.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • To cover the dead with a mound of earth was a custom common to all nations.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • Over every height, every mound, one might be lying—a trap for my destruction.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • Mary stepped down from the mound, and held out her hand to Henry.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Then he had other towers built along the mound, so as to have as many guard-posts as possible.
  • Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
  • And there ahead lie the great uplands, with marsh and mound and gleaming tarns.
  • Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
  • Hurry on a hundred yards and take your position on that mound!
  • Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty
  • The graft is tied with raffia, after which it is all but covered with a mound of soil.
  • Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick

Synonyms for mound

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