MOUND
What does "MOUND" mean?
A rounded heap or raised pile of earth, stones, or other material.
Meanings
- A heap or bank of earth, stones, or debris, natural or made by people. Archaeologists trenched into the grassy mound to find the burial chamber.
- A large pile or quantity of something. A mound of unread paperwork waited on the desk. informal
- The slightly raised pitching area at the center of a baseball diamond. The closer walked slowly to the mound in the ninth inning. technical
- To form into or heap up as a rounded pile. She mounded the mashed potatoes high on the plate.
Did you know?
- A baseball pitcher throws downhill: the rulebook puts the top of the mound exactly 10 inches above home plate, and that small slope adds real speed and bite to the pitch.
Word origin
Of uncertain origin; in early use meaning 'hedge, boundary, or protective bank', possibly from Old English 'mund', 'protection, hand', later shifting to the sense of a heap of earth.
Remember it
MOUND = a 'round' heap with an M in front; picture an M-shaped hill that's been smoothed ROUND.
A little poem
Stone by stone, the dead were kept;
grass forgot the names it grew above-
the hill remembers, and says nothing.
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Wordplay
- Why is the pitcher's mound the most honest spot on the field? Because everything that happens there is on the level - except the mound itself.
What it teaches
Every mound is just patience: small additions no one watched, piled until they had to be noticed.
Quick facts
What does MOUND mean?
A rounded heap or raised pile of earth, stones, or other material.
Is MOUND a valid word?
Yes — MOUND is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MOUND?
MOUND has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does MOUND come from?
Of uncertain origin; in early use meaning 'hedge, boundary, or protective bank', possibly from Old English 'mund', 'protection, hand', later shifting to the sense of a heap of earth.
What can MOUND teach us?
Every mound is just patience: small additions no one watched, piled until they had to be noticed.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.