a rounded mass projecting above a surface

the bushes were little more than vague mounds beneath the snow

a large pile or quantity of something

a mound of dirty crockery

heap up into a rounded pile

basmati rice was mounded on our plates

enclose or fortify with an embankment

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

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