Mound

Definitions

1. An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. A township in Effingham County, Illinois.
4. A township in McDonough County, Illinois.
5. A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
6. A township in Warren County, Indiana.
7. Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
8. A township in McPherson County, Kansas.
9. 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.
10. A village in Madison Parish, Louisiana.
11. The mons veneris.
    US, slang, vulgar
12. A city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
13. A hand.
    figuratively, obsolete
14. A township in Rock County, Minnesota.
15. A protection; restraint; curb.
    obsolete
16. A township in Bates County, Missouri.
17. A helmet.
    obsolete
18. A census-designated place in Coryell County, Texas.
19. Might; size.
    obsolete
20. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
21. a large amount of something.

Equivalents

Examples

“The pitcher was waiting at the mound.”

“Tonka was created in 1946 by a gardening supply⟳ company in Mound, Minnesota called Mound Metalcraft, which later become⟳ Tonka Toys Incorporated.”

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