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mound
has definitions from the fields of baseball,sport,games,geography
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[ noun ] (in baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
Synonyms Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Bill_Kunkel , Bob_Hartman and Ed_Keegan did the mound chores for the club down from West_Palm_Beach to play the game before 767 paying customers in Miami_Stadium . Twenty-one year old Milt_Pappas and Jerry_Walker , 22 , are scheduled to share the Oriole mound chores against the Bombers ' Art_Ditmar in Sunday 's 2 P.M. encounter . (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)Lefty Wyman_Carey , another Denver rookie , will be on the mound against veteran John_Tsitouris at 8 o'clock Tuesday night . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (geography) a small natural hill
Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)This may just be pride in my adopted State_of_Washington , but certainly I love to visit their mound cities near Yakima and Prosser in July or August , when the bees are in their most active period . |
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[ noun ] a collection of objects laid on top of each other
Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)The females like to burrow in the short turf of well-kept lawns , where their little mounds of earth often appear by the hundreds . Related terms collection stack woodpile shock dunghill scrapheap pyre stockpile compost_heap slagheap stack accumulate throng |
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[ noun ] structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
Synonyms Examples "they built small mounds to hide behind" Related terms |
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[ verb ] form into a mound, as of earth
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[ noun ] (baseball,sport) the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
Synonyms Examples "he has played every position except pitcher" "they have a southpaw on the mound" Related terms |
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