earthen mound

noun

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

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Meanings

nounearthen mound (plural earthen mounds)

plural earthen mounds

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

    But transects have also been utilised in a large variety of arenas, including surveying the contents of Amerindian earthen mounds[.]

    2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
fairy fortmound

Origin

From earthen + mound.

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APA

earthen mound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earthen%20mound

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “earthen mound,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earthen%20mound.

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