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  • 11Mound — [maund] der; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. mound, Herkunft ungeklärt> vorgeschichtlicher Grabhügel, Verteidigungsanlage u. Kultstätte in Nordamerika …

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  • 12mound — [ maund ] noun count 1. ) a small hill, especially one that has been made by people a ) the small hill where the PITCHER stands to throw the ball in baseball 2. ) a pile of something such as earth or stones a ) an amount of something in a pile: a …

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  • 13mound — ► NOUN 1) a raised mass of earth or other compacted material. 2) a small hill. 3) a heap or pile. ► VERB ▪ heap up into a mound. ORIGIN originally in the sense boundary hedge or fence : of obscure origin …

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  • 14Mound — 〈[maʊnd] m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s; Archäol.〉 Erdhügel im vorkolumbian. Amerika, Tempel od. Grabhügel [Etym.: engl.] …

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  • 15mound — (izg. màund) m DEFINICIJA pov. prapovijesna gradina, tumulus i kultno mjesto iz pretkolumbovskog doba u Americi ETIMOLOGIJA engl …

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  • 16mound — [n] heap, hill anthill, bank, drift, dune, embankment, hillock, knoll, mass, molehill, mountain, pile, rise, shock, stack, tumulus; concepts 432,509 Ant. depression, ditch, valley …

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  • 17Mound — For other uses, see Mound (disambiguation). Grave Creek Mound, in Moundsville, West Virginia A mound is a general term for an artificial heaped pile of earth, gravel, sand, rocks, or debris …

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  • 18Mound — Grave Creek Mound in Moundsville, West Virginia Als Mound werden künstlich geschaffene Hügel überwiegend im Südosten der Vereinigten Staaten bezeichnet, die von verschiedenen Indianerkulturen zu kulturellen und Begräbnis Zwecken errichtet wurden …

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  • 19mound — noun 1 small hill ADJECTIVE ▪ high, large ▪ The church stands on a high mound just outside the town. ▪ low, small ▪ grassy …

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  • 20mound — mound1 /mownd/, n. 1. a natural elevation of earth; a hillock or knoll. 2. an artificial elevation of earth, as for a defense work or a dam or barrier; an embankment. 3. a heap or raised mass: a mound of papers; a mound of hay. 4. Baseball. the… …

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