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as in stacked
to lay or throw on top of one another
mounding slices of cheese on top of her sandwich meat
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Recent Examples of mounded
The cheese, though, is white Prairie Breeze, shaved fine and mounded like a snowdrift atop the bowl.
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Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
Montgomery says that your strawberry rows should be about 24 inches wide and mounded 6 inches high.
—Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026
Rounds of roasted purple sweet potatoes arrive mounded with a mixture of salsa macha and butter, and liberally flecked with chives.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Fresh thyme and roasted garlic butter make for a bright-yet-rich broth, always mounded with Dungeness claws and hefty prawns.
—Becky Duffett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Tahini sauce is mounded with honeyed kumquats.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 12 Jan. 2026
Fill each pepper half with dip until slightly mounded.
—Holly Riordan, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2026
Excavating wetlands, as various studies have suggested, would yield soil that could be mounded into sound-blocking berms, as at Brooklyn Bridge Park; lookouts, as on Governors Island; and undulating grasslands like those at Freshkills.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
Montgomery says that your strawberry rows should be about 24 inches wide and mounded 6 inches high.
—Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026
Rounds of roasted purple sweet potatoes arrive mounded with a mixture of salsa macha and butter, and liberally flecked with chives.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Fresh thyme and roasted garlic butter make for a bright-yet-rich broth, always mounded with Dungeness claws and hefty prawns.
—Becky Duffett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Tahini sauce is mounded with honeyed kumquats.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 12 Jan. 2026
Fill each pepper half with dip until slightly mounded.
—Holly Riordan, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2026
Excavating wetlands, as various studies have suggested, would yield soil that could be mounded into sound-blocking berms, as at Brooklyn Bridge Park; lookouts, as on Governors Island; and undulating grasslands like those at Freshkills.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mounded
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The meager offense came one a day after the Royals piled up 13 runs in a win over the Twins.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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No wood chips should ever be piled up against the trunk of a tree.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Many times, people will successfully budget out for living arrangements, but the real pressure comes from the other necessary (and often non-negotiable) costs that are stacked on top of the housing payment.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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Estrada points to designs like Piegatto’s Toko Tables, where solid hardwood volumes are stacked in a way that feels almost gravity-defying—rounded edges, subtle curves, and a more sculptural presence that anchors the room without feeling heavy.—
Angelika Pokovba,
Martha Stewart,
3 Apr. 2026
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Her ’60s clumped lashes and coiffed hair, for example, are still highly referenced today.—
Essence,
Essence,
26 Mar. 2026
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Dimorphos, also a rubble pile, likely formed from debris that clumped together after being shed by Didymos.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Mounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mounded. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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