mound

Preposition: of

• rubble: Now, whatever food the people of these villages had is buried under the mounds of rubble that were once their homes.
• earth: For the others a little mound of earth marked the end of their journey.
• foliage: Rising up from a mound of foliage, the flowers bob around on top of short stems, creating a colorful show in Spring.
• gravel: In the far corner near the heater was a small mound of gravel that I had pushed to the side.
• debris: Dozens of Iraqis swarm the site of a severely damaged apartment building, trying desperately to find people trapped underneath huge mounds of debris.

Converse of object

• elongate: These may have been part of a single elongated mound with the quoit, or separate later additions to the site.
• excavate: Our overall objective is to excavate the entire mound, but it is so huge that the work must be carried out in phases.
• moat: The moated mound where their manor house stood can still be seen in the meadows close to the two remaining medieval fish ponds.

Adjective modifier

• earthen: The oldest surviving part of Henry II's Windsor Castle is the round tower that still occupies the earthen mound.
• grassy: Avoid the grassy mound on the right at all costs.
• prehistoric: On North Muir are two outstanding examples of prehistoric burial mounds, which date to a period around 2,500 to 2,000 BC.
• burnt: Burnt mounds are common in Orkney, with more than 200 having been identified.
• man-made: Standing 130 feet from base to peak, the hill is the tallest man-made mound in Europe.
• conical: At the west end of this platform was a conical mound with a flattened top, 18 to 20 feet high.

Noun used with modifier

• termite: His father's fire pot was now a small red star that forever followed the Great Eagle round the termite mound of heaven.
• burial: The stone was erected beside a long barrow, an ancient burial mound, which was built on the top of the hill.
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• barrow: We have started to excavate the turf core of the barrow mound.
• pillow: Archeologists, not really having a clue, call such sites ' pillow mounds ' and reckon they may be medieval rabbit warrens.
• rubble: They work by constructing a rubble mound structure to temporarily trap tidal flows.