English-Finnish translations for mound

• kasa
  Muistan erään julkisuustempun, jossa aiottiin vain kumota kaatopaikalle valtava kasa pulloja, joita ei enää palautettu täytettäviksi. I seem to remember a publicity stunt that featured an enormous mound of bottles which were no longer going to be returned for refilling but were simply going to be dumped in a landfill site.
  kasa hiekkaa levitettäväksi
• kumpu
• kasata
  Jätteet ja roskat kasattiin lajiensa mukaan jälkikäsittelyyn.
  Etkö osannut kasata kirjahyllyä, vaikka ruuvit ja ohjeet olivat mukana?
• keko
• Kukkula
• kukkula
  Rooma rakennettiin seitsemälle kukkulalle.
• kumpare
• penkka
• syöttökumpu
• valli
• valtakunnanomena

Definition of mound

• An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
• A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll
• 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
• A hand
• A helmet
• To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to

Examples

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

Related words

• mound of venus
• burial mound
• charging the mound
• termite mound
• grave mound