mound

Example Sentences

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"Unfortunately, this gang was hidden behind a bank of high ground and I didn't see them until I skirted the mound and found myself just feet away from them."

From BBC

"Everyone could have survived -- only with injuries -- if it had been a mound of earth."

From Barron's

These concentrations are often referred to as "spikes" or "mounds."

From Science Daily

It revealed a Bronze Age barrow - an ancient burial mound - with the cremated bones of several people contained inside five closely-packed urns.

From BBC

Searching for diamonds is no easy task but the two friends would sift through mounds of dirt after work in the evenings, or whenever they got time off from their day jobs.

From BBC