mound

Example Sentences

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Outside, the street leading to the building was buried under mounds of debris and foliage.

From Barron's

"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