Used in a Sentence

mounds

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for mounds.

Editorial note

Still others don't want to deal with mounds of debt, and have no college fund/trust fund/aren't good enough to get scholarships.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of mounds gathered in one view.

noun

An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense

noun

A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.

noun

a large amount of something.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for mounds.

noun

An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense

noun

A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.

noun

a large amount of something.

noun

A number of places in the United States:

Example sentences

1

Still others don't want to deal with mounds of debt, and have no college fund/trust fund/aren't good enough to get scholarships.

2

I live next to Clapham Common [0], where there are still mounds anti-aircraft guns were mounted on [1].

3

One time we did a soil erosion study looking at what kind of tiered mounds would erode less.

4

We try to build these monolithic beasts that take in mounds of information and try to make sense of it all themselves.

5

If I had to guess I'd say that the mounds are related to the water volcanoes we saw earlier.

6

And yes, darn good for building termite mounds of logically consistent explanations.

7

When it snowed heavily in the mid-Atlantic in 2010 we had a couple giant mounds like that although not that large.

8

At the end of the day Tesla is generating mounds of press, and as a result will probably sell (or in this case reserve) more units.

9

I can't imagine the mounds of BS that must be included in this thing.

10

Snow mounds quickly turn black once they start melting.

11

And if you have mounds of text, compress it.

12

They do that with Canadian snow mounds too.

Quote examples

1

We tend to call the simple version of those "mounds".

2

Meanwhile, whilst they are busy being coaxed into this scheme due to "tax exemption" benefits, they're paying mounds of interest on car and home loans that they could pay off ridiculously sooner.

3

It's probably important to note that I don't really consider "mounds of paperwork" a means of protection, especially when buyers don't understand what they're getting into for the long-term; it doesn't matter how many pieces of paper they're told to sign -- those pieces of paper are usually protecting the interests of real estate and broker-finance persons.

Proper noun examples

1

Mounds, burials, artifacts (but mostly ephemeral e.g.

2

It's fine to decry riverfront casino architecture or the unpleasant monotony of driving through Illinois (although I suspect he's never transited Kansas or Texas), but how can you talk about old buildings in Cahokia and not mention the Mounds?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use mounds in a sentence?

Still others don't want to deal with mounds of debt, and have no college fund/trust fund/aren't good enough to get scholarships.

What does mounds mean?

An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense

What part of speech is mounds?

mounds is commonly used as noun.