mound

butte, monticule

Petite colline ou tas arrondi de terre, de pierres ou de matériaux semblables.

En anglais simple : A small hill or a rounded pile of earth, stones, or similar material.

• A small mound stood behind the house.
• They piled the soil into a mound.
• Ancient burial mounds covered the hillside.

Comment l'utiliser : a mound of something (A mound of sand blocked the path.)

Synonymes : heap, pile, hillock

Expressions courantes : mound of earth, burial mound, small mound

monticule du lanceur

Zone de terre surélevée où le lanceur de baseball se place pour envoyer la balle au batteur.

En anglais simple : The raised area of earth where a baseball player stands to throw the ball to the batter.

• The pitcher walked to the mound.
• The coach joined him on the mound.
• Who will take the mound in tomorrow's game?

Synonymes : pitcher's mound

Expressions courantes : pitcher's mound, on the mound, take the mound

tas, monceau

Grande quantité de quelque chose, souvent disposée en tas.

En anglais simple : A large amount of something, often arranged in a pile.

• She served a mound of rice.
• Mounds of dirty laundry filled the room.
• There's a huge mound of paperwork on my desk.

Comment l'utiliser : a mound of something (He faced a mound of paperwork.)

Synonymes : heap, pile, mountain

Expressions courantes : mound of rice, mound of paperwork, huge mound

entasser, amonceler

Disposer quelque chose en tas arrondi ou en petite butte.

En anglais simple : To put something into a rounded pile or small hill.

• Mound the rice in the centre.
• She mounded earth around the young plants.
• The soil was mounded into low hills.

Comment l'utiliser : mound something around something (Mound the soil around the base of the plant.)

Synonymes : heap, pile up

Expressions courantes : mound up soil, mound the earth, mound rice