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noun

plural of mound

as in banks

a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow) mounds of snow after the plow had passed

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as in piles

a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another an ever-growing mound of dirty laundry on the floor

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as in hills

an area of high ground a pitcher's mound

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mound

as in stacks

to form into a pile or ridge of earth mound the mulch around the plants

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as in heaps

to lay or throw on top of one another mounding slices of cheese on top of her sandwich meat

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unpiles

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Noun

Bogs tend to keep their secrets low to the ground, where colors shift by inches and boundaries blur in gradients of tiny mounds of moss and sedges emerging from pools. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026 In 1900, an archaeologist documented 51 Native American mounds at what’s now Casper Bluff Land and Water Reserve, 5 miles outside Galena. — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 14 Oct. 2026 Inside, the line wraps around the room, and cups everywhere are filled with fluffy mounds of Greek yogurt crowned with fresh fruit, nuts, dark chocolate cacao nibs and other ingredients. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 Stem cells, peptides, testosterone, pills, mounds of supplements just to keep everything balanced. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2026 Settlers there were finding thousands of ancient Native mounds and earthworks, some bafflingly large. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 Although garden mums are considered hardy to Zone 5, breeders have developed fall mums with big mounds of showy flowers that may not be as cold-hardy as in the past. — Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2026 Sign Up for Our Free Daily Newsletter Some hills in northern Alabama are burial mounds from the Copena people who lived there 2,000 years ago. — Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026 And in a sense, chocolate may have helped build the Mississippian mounds. — ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The bill had sought to sanction Russian officials, banks and a shadow fleet of tankers that keeps Russian energy moving.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Last month, citing anonymous sources, Reuters reported that Solidigm was considering an initial public offering and had held pitch meetings with investment banks.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of banks

Noun

The Rest and Relax Inn in Pensacola, Florida, was surrounded by piles of debris after it was stripped of roofing materials during a heavy hit from the hurricane last night.

— Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
Pictures show divers working among piles of ancient pottery, with ceramic plates and bowls scattered across the sandy seabed.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of piles

Noun

The entertaining spaces, including the adjoining living and dining rooms, are framed by large windows that look out on the rolling hills.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026
The area is sparsely populated with private estates set atop hills or within canyons, making firefighting access difficult.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of hills

Verb

Now it’s bested itself, unveiling a sub-1 nm chip that roughly doubles that density using NanoStack technology, which stacks transistors vertically, building up rather than out.

— Micheline Maynard, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
However, their critics argue the measure stacks the deck in favor of approval.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of stacks

Noun

Its elevated setting offers sweeping views across the surrounding countryside towards Gibraltar and, on clear days, the mountains of North Africa.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026
The first segment of the new season, hosted by Norah O’Donnell, was about a fighter pilot, code-named Bravo, whose plane was shot down over mountains in Iran.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of mountains

Noun

Travelers familiar with Scotland’s Isle of Skye may recognize this recipe for remote luxury, though rather than craggy cliffs and emerald-green glens, Noirmoutier is closer to a little slice of California.

— Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026
White Beach, in front of a backdrop of chalky cliffs, is accessible exclusively by boat.

— Rick Steves, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of cliffs

Verb

Dividing clumps every few years in early spring also maintains their vigor.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 July 2026
Like generations of potential treatments before it, KRSA-028 is designed to break down a protein called amyloid that clumps up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.

— Allison DeAngelis, STAT, 18 Feb. 2026

Definition of clumps

Noun

That’s a big discount considering the usual price drifts between $240 and $299.

— Brad Bourque, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026
But engineers estimate that once Swift drifts below 185 miles (300 kilometers) in early to mid-October, operating the telescope will become a challenge, according to NASA.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

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