mound
mound is a 5-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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; -- called also globe. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. 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; -- called also globe.
- noun. An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embarkment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart; also, a natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
- transitive verb. To fortify or inclose with a mound.
- noun. the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
"he has played every position except pitcher"
"they have a southpaw on the mound"
- noun. structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
"they built small mounds to hide behind"
- noun. (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
- noun. a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- noun. a small natural hill
- verb. form into a rounded elevation
"mound earth"
Synonyms
pitcher, hill, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, pile, hammock, hillock, hummock, knoll
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