Mound | Mean of mound in English Dictionary

/ˈmaʊnd/

• Noun
• a small hill or pile of dirt or stones
1. the burial mounds of an ancient people
• the slightly raised area of ground on which a baseball pitcher stands
1. the pitcher's/pitching mound
• a heap or pile of something
1. a mound of dirty laundry
2. a mound of snow
3. a mound of mashed potatoes
4. We have a mound of work to do. [=we have a lot of work to do]
5. an athlete who has earned mounds of money [=a large amount of money]
• Verb

• to make a pile with or of (something)
1. He mounded the food onto his plate.
2. The snow was mounded (up) on both sides of the road. [=there was a pile of snow on both sides of the road]
• to cover (something) with a pile of something
1. His plate was mounded with food. [=there was a pile of food on his plate]
2. a desk mounded with books and papers