mound
Pitcher's elevated perch
A mound is a pile or heap, typically of earth: a burial mound, a mound of dirt.
In baseball, the mound is the raised area where the pitcher stands.
Mound extends to any rounded mass: a mound of mashed potatoes.
To mound is to form into a pile: She mounded the rice on the plate.
Accumulated mass of objects
- stackItems piled vertically
- accumulationCollected mass over time
- massQuantity of matter
- clumpThick gathered mass
cluster · hoard · stockpile · jumble · lump · aggregation · bundle · collection
Small rounded hill
- hillockMinor land elevation
- hummockLow earthen mound
- riseMove to higher position
- elevationHeight above reference point
ridge · dune · embankment · berm · drumlin · tump · brae · slope
Ancient burial mound
- barrowLoad carrier or tumulus
- cairnMemorial stone pile
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- graveSerious and worrying
earthwork · chamber · ancestors · interment · funerary · sepulcher · necropolis · excavation
Pouring vessel or hurler
- pitchingDelivering toward the plate
- rubberElastic polymer from trees
- windupFinal part or preparation
- deliveryConveyance of goods
diamond · infield · bullpen · catcher · batter · home plate · bases · dugout
pile
Accumulated mass of objects
- stackItems piled vertically
- accumulationCollected mass over time
- massQuantity of matter
clump · cluster · hoard · stockpile · jumble · lump · aggregation · bundle · collection · assemblage
knoll
Small rounded hill
elevation · ridge · dune · embankment · berm · drumlin · tump · brae · slope · crest
tumulus
Ancient burial mound
grave · earthwork · chamber · ancestors · interment · funerary · sepulcher · necropolis · excavation · artifacts
pitcher
Pouring vessel or hurler
delivery · diamond · infield · bullpen · catcher · batter · home plate · bases · dugout · umpire
motte
Fortification's central mound
- rampartFortified defensive wall
- earthworkConstructed soil structure
- embankmentRaised earth structure
bailey · ditch · moat · fortress · bastion · defensive · battlement · stockade · citadel · keep
raised bed
Elevated planting structure
flowerbed · landscape · terrace · topiary · edging · mulch · soil · compost · ornamental · perennial
- bulgesbump, hump, knob, lump, protrusion
- pilespile, heap, stack, accumulation, woodpile
- Stackheap, pile, haystack, woodpile, bookstack
- things that pile upheap, stack, drift, buildup, clutter
- pitchingfastball, slider, curveball, changeup, sinker
- ancient earthworksbarrow, tumulus, henge, hill fort, crannog
moundscatter
Distribute in random directions
dispersal · flat surface · level ground · scattering · dispersion
- mountain bikeBicycle for unpaved paths
- mountain rangeSeries of connected peaks
- Mount EverestEarth's highest summit
- mountain climbingAscending peaks on foot
- mountain lionLarge tawny American feline
- mountain villagesCommunities in elevated terrain
mount, amount, mountain, paramount, mounds, surmount, mounded, mounding, moundlike