burial mound

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   (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs

   Synonymsgrave moundbarrowtumulus

   Broadermound

   archeology

Questions about burial mound

What does burial mound mean?

burial mound means "(archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs".

What is another word for burial mound?

Close synonyms include grave mound, barrow, tumulus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is burial mound a common word?

burial mound is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.