mounds 1 of 2

noun

plural of mound
1
as in banks
a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow) mounds of snow after the plow had passed

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2
as in piles
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another an ever-growing mound of dirty laundry on the floor

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3
as in hills
an area of high ground a pitcher's mound

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mounds

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mound
1
as in stacks
to form into a pile or ridge of earth mound the mulch around the plants

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2
as in heaps
to lay or throw on top of one another mounding slices of cheese on top of her sandwich meat

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Recent Examples of mounds
Noun
Stem cells, peptides, testosterone, pills, mounds of supplements just to keep everything balanced. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2026 Settlers there were finding thousands of ancient Native mounds and earthworks, some bafflingly large. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 Although garden mums are considered hardy to Zone 5, breeders have developed fall mums with big mounds of showy flowers that may not be as cold-hardy as in the past. — Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2026 Sign Up for Our Free Daily Newsletter Some hills in northern Alabama are burial mounds from the Copena people who lived there 2,000 years ago. — Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026 And in a sense, chocolate may have helped build the Mississippian mounds. — ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026 Hike or bike trails in Casper Bluff Land and Water Reserve, where Native American mounds dot a landscape overlooking the Mississippi River. — Taryn Shorr-McKee, Midwest Living, 26 Aug. 2026 Initial investigations began in 2014, when archaeologists at the University of South Carolina (USC) collaborated with the Muscogee Nation to collect 31 pottery shards from the Etowah mounds. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2026 Phenomenal™ lavender thrives where other lavender plants fail – tolerating humidity, heat, and even clay soil, all while producing mounds of fragrant foliage and dazzling blooms. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mounds
  1. banks
  2. piles
  3. hills
  4. stacks
  5. mountains
  6. cliffs
  7. clumps
  8. drifts
Noun
  • But the most powerful technology ever developed — capable of breaking into banks, shutting down power grids or helping build bioweapons — can be released without even a preliminary government review.
    — Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Now there were two banks, conveniently located across the street from each other.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of banks
Noun
  • There simply wasn’t enough of either scattered across the piles, the team found.
    — Mike McRae October 06, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Nearby, the neat rows of grapevines and fig trees his family had tended for three generations had vanished under piles of rubble.
    — Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of piles
Noun
  • Both clubs sit on hills surrounded by pine trees, offering a cool escape from the city and a novel way to immerse yourself in something that has become a fixture of 2026 Medellín.
    — Nikkita Nair, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Scientists found one of these animals a century ago in a rock formation in the hills of Mokattam, southeast of Cairo — the same rock formation that was quarried to build the Sphinx of Giza.
    — Elijah Wolfson, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of hills
Verb
  • However, their critics argue the measure stacks the deck in favor of approval.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • With 52 weeks on the calendar, that’s less than 2 weeks between new releases — not accounting for marquee weekends when the industry typically stacks big premieres.
    — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of stacks
Noun
  • That creates an enormous range of possible eclipse trips, from the Mediterranean coast and the mountains of southern Spain to historic cities, archaeological sites and desert landscapes across North Africa.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • For the next 20 minutes, Hutzler flies at a leisurely 35 mph (56 kph) above the expansive fields around Pueblo, a city near the Front Range mountains.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of mountains
Noun
  • Perched high in the cliffs, built into the rock face overlooking the sea, and within view of the sweet fishing village of Conca dei Marini, the property is just a quick drive to Amalfi, but still feels a million miles away from the tourists.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • When Jonathan Coop was a child growing up in northern New Mexico, the Jemez Mountains were a playground of towering volcanic cliffs and expansive conifer forests.
    — Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of cliffs
Verb
  • Dividing clumps every few years in early spring also maintains their vigor.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 July 2026
  • Like generations of potential treatments before it, KRSA-028 is designed to break down a protein called amyloid that clumps up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.
    — Allison DeAngelis, STAT, 18 Feb. 2026
Definition of clumps
Noun
  • That’s a big discount considering the usual price drifts between $240 and $299.
    — Brad Bourque, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026
  • But engineers estimate that once Swift drifts below 185 miles (300 kilometers) in early to mid-October, operating the telescope will become a challenge, according to NASA.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of drifts

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“Mounds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mounds. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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