[maʊnd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a rounded mass projecting above a surface
(e.g: the bushes were little more than vague mounds beneath the snow)

- a large pile or quantity of something
(e.g: a mound of dirty crockery)


Phrases:
- take the mound

Origin:
early 16th century (as a verb in the sense ‘enclose with a fence or hedge’): of obscure origin. An early sense of the noun was ‘boundary hedge or fence’

[maʊnd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- heap up into a rounded pile
(e.g: basmati rice was mounded on our plates)

- enclose or fortify with an embankment
(e.g: a sand-built ridge Of heaped hills that mound the sea)


Phrases:
- take the mound

Origin:
early 16th century (as a verb in the sense ‘enclose with a fence or hedge’): of obscure origin. An early sense of the noun was ‘boundary hedge or fence’

[maʊnd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a ball representing the earth, used as part of royal regalia, e.g. on top of a crown, typically of gold and surmounted by a cross


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (denoting the world): from Old French monde, from Latin mundus ‘world’