MOUND Synonyms

• an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes

• a fencelike structure around a deck

• a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

• defend with a bulwark

• a local and well-defined elevation of the land

• United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916)

• structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones

• risque English comedian (1925-1992)

• (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands

• form into a hill

• a collection of objects laid on top of each other

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)

• fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

• battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta

• a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

• the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave

• a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy

• arrange in stacks

• press tightly together or cram

• place or lay as if in a pile

• an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes

• volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together

• a collection of objects laid on top of each other

• clustered together but not coherent

• form into one cluster

• sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)

• a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities

• a long ridge or pile

• an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers

• a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)

• the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games

• a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

• a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home

• a building in which the business of banking is transacted

• a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)

• tip laterally

• enclose with a bank

• do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank

• act as the banker in a game or in gambling

• be in the banking business

• put into a bank account

• cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning

• have faith or confidence in

• a collection of objects laid on top of each other

• of or related to cumulous clouds

• a globular cloud

• a collection of objects laid on top of each other

• the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

• an object with a spherical shape

• a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented

• a small natural hill

• a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily

• a collection of objects laid on top of each other

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• a car that is old and unreliable

• bestow in large quantities

• arrange in stacks

• fill to overflow

• a small natural hill

• a small natural hill

• a small natural hill

• the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye

• an object with a spherical shape

• move in an orbit

• (baseball) the person who does the pitching

• an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring

• the quantity contained in a pitcher

• (botany) a leaf that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer

• the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit

• arrange into piles or stacks

• (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands