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say it: mownd
mound is a noun and verb meaning "(baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands". It is pronounced /ˈmaʊnd/ — mownd. It carries 6 recorded senses.
(baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
baseball
a small natural hill
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
“they built small mounds to hide behind”
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”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for mound come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.