Mound vs. Rampart

Moundnoun

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

Rampartnoun

A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.

Moundnoun

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

Rampartnoun

A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.

Moundnoun

(baseball) Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.

Rampartnoun

That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.

Moundnoun

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.

Rampartnoun

A steep bank of a river or gorge.

Moundnoun

The mons veneris.

Rampartverb

To defend with a rampart; fortify or surround with a rampart.

Moundnoun

A hand.

Rampartnoun

That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark.

Moundnoun

(obsolete) A protection; restraint; curb.

Rampartnoun

A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification.

Moundnoun

(obsolete) A helmet.

Rampartverb

To surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or ramparts.

‘Those grassy hills, those glittering dells,Proudly ramparted with rocks.’;

Moundnoun

(obsolete) Might; size.

Rampartnoun

an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes;

‘they stormed the ramparts of the city’; ‘they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down’;

Moundverb

(transitive) To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to.

Moundverb

(transitive) To force or pile into a mound or mounds.

‘He mounded up his mashed potatoes so they left more space on the plate for the meat.’;

Moundnoun

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; - called also globe.

Moundnoun

An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embarkment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart; also, a natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.

‘To thrid the thickets or to leap the mounds.’;

Moundverb

To fortify or inclose with a mound.

Moundnoun

(baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands

Moundnoun

a small natural hill

Moundnoun

a collection of objects laid on top of each other

Moundnoun

structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones;

‘they built small mounds to hide behind’;

Moundnoun

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’;

Moundverb

form into a rounded elevation;

‘mound earth’;

Moundnoun

a rounded mass projecting above a surface

‘the bushes were little more than vague mounds beneath the snow’;

Moundnoun

a small hill

‘he built his castle high upon the mound’;

Moundnoun

a raised mass of earth and stones created for purposes of defence or burial

‘the dead were cremated, and then buried at the centre of a great mound’;

Moundnoun

a slight elevation from which the pitcher delivers the ball.

Moundnoun

a large pile or quantity of something

‘a mound of dirty crockery’;

Moundnoun

a ball representing the earth, used as part of royal regalia, e.g. on top of a crown, typically of gold and surmounted by a cross.

Moundverb

heap up into a rounded pile

‘basmati rice was mounded on our plates’;

Moundverb

enclose or fortify with an embankment

‘a sand-built ridge Of heaped hills that mound the sea’;

Mound

A mound is a heaped pile of earth, gravel, sand, rocks, or debris. Most commonly, mounds are earthen formations such as hills and mountains, particularly if they appear artificial.