different between mound vs terrace

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

Translations

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

Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???s/
• Rhymes: -???s

Noun

terrace (plural terraces)

1. A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
2. A platform that extends outwards from a building.
3. A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.
4. A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
5. (Britain, informal) A single house in such a group.
6. (in the plural, chiefly Britain) The standing area at a football ground.
7. (chiefly India) The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather.

Synonyms

• terrasse (Quebec)

Related terms

Translations

See also

• patio

Verb

terrace (third-person singular simple present terraces, present participle terracing, simple past and past participle terraced)

1. To provide something with a terrace.
2. To form something into a terrace.

Translations

Anagrams

• caterer, reacter, recrate, retrace