different between mound vs agglomeration

English

Etymology

From earlier meaning "hedge, fence", from Middle English mound, mund (“protection, boundary, raised earthen rampart”), from Old English mund (“hand, hand of protection, protector, guardianship”), from Proto-Germanic *mund? (“hand”), *munduz (“protection, patron”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh?-nt-éh? (“the beckoning one”), from *men-, *man-, *mar- (“hand”). Cognate with Old Frisian mund (“guardianship”), Old High German munt (“hand, protection”) (German Mündel (“ward”), Vormund (“a guardian”)), Old Norse mund (“hand”) (Icelandic mund), Middle Dutch mond (“protection”), Latin manus (“hand”), Ancient Greek ???? (már?, “hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?nd/
• Rhymes: -a?nd

Noun

mound (plural mounds)

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

   Synonyms: bulwark, rampart

2. A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
3. (baseball) Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.

4. A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross.
5. (US, vulgar, slang) The mons veneris.
6. (obsolete, anatomy, measurement, figuratively) A hand.
7. (obsolete) A protection; restraint; curb.
8. (obsolete) A helmet.
9. (obsolete) Might; size.

Synonyms

• (part of regalia): globus cruciger, globe, orb

Derived terms

• shaftmound

Translations

Verb

mound (third-person singular simple present mounds, present participle mounding, simple past and past participle mounded)

1. (transitive) To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to.
2. (transitive) To force or pile into a mound or mounds.

Synonyms

• (fortify with a mound): bank, bank up, bulwark, rampart
• (pile into mounds): heap up, pile; see also Thesaurus:pile up

Derived terms

• amound

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See also

• mound on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mound in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• Mudon, Mundo

Middle English

Noun

mound

1. Alternative form of mund

English

Etymology

From agglomerate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

agglomeration (countable and uncountable, plural agglomerations)

1. The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
2. State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
3. (geography) An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.
4. (geology) a mass of large volcanic fragments bonded under heat.

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