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mounds

mounds is the plural of mound.

mounds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mound.

Meaning of mound

Noun

mound (plural mounds)

  1. An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
    Synonyms:
    bulwark, rampart
  2. A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
    Synonyms:
    earthen mound
  3. An elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
    • The pitcher was waiting at the mound.
    Synonyms:
    pitcher's mound
  4. 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.
  5. (US, slang, vulgar) The mons veneris.
  6. (slang, vulgar) A woman's breast.
    • […] the men were now also massaging her mounds, their fingers soothing and kneading while they sucked at her aching nipples.2025, Jan Springer, Jasmine Black, Captured (page 257)

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Phrases with mounds

Questions about mounds

What is mounds the plural of?
Mounds is the plural of mound.

Words near mounds in the dictionary

  1. moundings
  2. moundlet
  3. moundlets
  4. moundlike
  5. Moundou
  6. mounds
  7. mounds royal
  8. moundsman
  9. moundsmen
  10. Moundsville
  11. moundwork

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