Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a mound.

Etymologies

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mound +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Already, Kelsier could see the mists beginning to form, clouding the air, and giving the moundlike buildings a surreal, intangible look.

    Mistborn Sanderson_Brandon 2006

  • They were heading in the direction, not of the moundlike barracks buildings, but of a stone edifice rising at least four stories in height in the main, with towers of five or six stories above that.

    Storm Breaking Lackey, Mercedes 1996

  • They were heading in the direction, not of the moundlike barracks buildings, but of a stone edifice rising at least four stories in height in the main, with towers of five or six stories above that.

    Storm Breaking Lackey, Mercedes 1996

  • The moundlike stepping-stones you use to work your way across a meadow are called tussocks.

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

  • The moundlike stepping-stones you use to work your way across a meadow are called tussocks.

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

  • The moundlike stepping-stones you use to work your way across a meadow are called tussocks.

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

  • The beach below was glossy and white, striped by the receding tide, dotted with a tortoise brigade of moundlike rocks.

    Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987

  • The beach below was glossy and white, striped by the receding tide, dotted with a tortoise brigade of moundlike rocks.

    Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987

  • The beach below was glossy and white, striped by the receding tide, dotted with a tortoise brigade of moundlike rocks.

    Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987

  • The only windows to be seen were high up in the moundlike gables and they were mere barred slits.

    More Than Human Sturgeon, Theodore, 1918-1985 1953

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