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Synonyms for mound

Most common

barrow hammock knoll hillock heap cumulus orb hill

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

3. Orb — A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands…

orb, globe, globus cruciger

Verb

1. Pile — to fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to

pile, bank, bank up

Other

heave

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    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.

  2. n. 2

    An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense

  3. v. 1

    To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to.

  4. v. 2

    To force or pile into a mound or mounds.

    He mounded up his mashed potatoes so they left more space on the plate for the meat.

Forms

Plural
mounds → hillocks, knolls, barrows, hammocks…
Past participle
mounded
e.g. mounded → piled, banked, stacked, amassed…

Example sentences

  • barrow There are tall menhirs at Egil's barrow.
  • hammock Tom saw that Mary was fast asleep in the hammock.
  • knoll We used to play over by that grassy knoll.
  • hillock I went to the top of the hillock and looked about me.
  • heap The workers heap up the soil to create a barrier.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
moundrising
barrowfalling
hammockrising
knollrising
hillocksteady
heaprising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
orb1
4 letters
hand1, bank1, hill1, pile1, mole1, heap1
5 letters
globe1, stack1, knoll1, heave1, amass2
6 letters
barrow2
7 letters
pitcher2, hammock2, rampart2, bulwark2, cumulus, hillock2, hummock
8 letters
mountain2
10 letters
accumulate4, cumulation
11 letters
agglomerate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amass2 = 2 syllables).

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