| mound | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. hill, mound, pitcher's mound | (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands. |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| ~ baseball diamond, infield, diamond | the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate. |
| ~ baseball equipment | equipment used in playing baseball. |
| n. (object) | 2. hammock, hillock, hummock, knoll, mound | a small natural hill. |
| ~ anthill, formicary | a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest. |
| ~ hill | a local and well-defined elevation of the land.; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia" |
| ~ kopje, koppie | a small hill rising up from the African veld. |
| ~ molehill | a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing. |
| n. (group) | 3. agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound, pile | a collection of objects laid on top of each other. |
| ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| ~ compost heap, compost pile | a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost. |
| ~ muckheap, muckhill, dunghill, midden | a heap of dung or refuse. |
| ~ scrapheap | pile of discarded metal. |
| ~ shock | a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field.; "corn is bound in small sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks"; "whole fields of wheat in shock" |
| ~ slagheap | pile of waste matter from coal mining etc. |
| ~ stack | an orderly pile. |
| ~ funeral pyre, pyre | wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite. |
| ~ woodpile | a pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel. |
| ~ stockpile | a storage pile accumulated for future use. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. hill, mound | structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones.; "they built small mounds to hide behind" |
| ~ barbette | (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet. |
| ~ burial mound, grave mound, tumulus, barrow | (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs. |
| ~ embankment | a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection. |
| ~ snow bank, snowbank | a mound or heap of snow. |
| ~ structure, construction | a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
| n. (act) | 5. mound, pitcher | the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit.; "he has played every position except pitcher"; "they have a southpaw on the mound" |
| ~ position | (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player.; "what position does he play?" |
| ~ baseball team | a team that plays baseball. |
| v. (creation) | 6. mound | form into a rounded elevation.; "mound earth" |
| ~ shape, mould, mold, form, forge, work | make something, usually for a specific function.; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" |
| ~ mound over | form a mound over. |
| pile | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" |
| ~ large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude. |
| ~ deluge, flood, inundation, torrent | an overwhelming number or amount.; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" |
| ~ haymow | a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation. |
| n. (possession) | 2. big bucks, big money, bundle, megabucks, pile | a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit).; "she made a bundle selling real estate"; "they sank megabucks into their new house" |
| ~ argot, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular, slang, cant | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).; "they don't speak our lingo" |
| ~ money | wealth reckoned in terms of money.; "all his money is in real estate" |
| n. (body) | 3. down, pile | fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs). |
| ~ hair | a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss.; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells" |
| ~ lanugo | the fine downy hair covering a human fetus; normally shed during the ninth month of gestation. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. galvanic pile, pile, voltaic pile | battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta. |
| ~ electric battery, battery | a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. pile, piling, spile, stilt | a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure. |
| ~ pillar, column | (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure. |
| ~ sheath pile, sheet pile, sheet piling | a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. nap, pile | the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave.; "for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction" |
| ~ thread, yarn | a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. atomic pile, atomic reactor, chain reactor, pile | a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy. |
| ~ nuclear reactor, reactor | (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements. |
| v. (contact) | 8. heap, pile, stack | arrange in stacks.; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves" |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| ~ rick | pile in ricks.; "rick hay" |
| ~ cord | stack in cords.; "cord firewood" |
| v. (motion) | 9. jam, mob, pack, pile, throng | press tightly together or cram.; "The crowd packed the auditorium" |
| ~ crowd together, crowd | to gather together in large numbers.; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" |
| v. (contact) | 10. pile | place or lay as if in a pile.; "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested" |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
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