Grave and Mound

Grave

Grave noun - A final resting place for a dead person.

Usage example: the forlorn boy put flowers on his mother's grave

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Mound and grave are semantically related in place topic. In some cases you can use "Mound" instead a noun "Grave", when it comes to topics like burial, burial place.

Nearby Words: gravely, gravel, graved, graver, graveled

Mound

Mound noun - A pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow).

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Synonyms for Mound

Antonyms for Mound

Grave and mound are semantically related in place topic. Sometimes you can use "Grave" instead a noun "Mound", if it concerns topics such as burial.

Nearby Words: mounded, mounding

Mutual synonyms

tomb
barrow

How words are described

old	old grave	old mound
fresh	fresh grave	fresh mound
certain	certain grave	certain mound
small	small grave	small mound
Other adjectives: big, ancient, wet, said, largest.

Both words in one sentence

In Quest for Glory IV, Piotyr the Paladin's grave (which doubles as the faerie wizard Erana's grave-in-absence) is a mound in the town square of Mordavia.

Source: Supernaturally Marked Grave
When she learns that a group of grave robbers are heading towards the same burial mound as her, it's a race to keep the Diamond from falling into their hooves, and a struggle to keep herself from giving to its magic.

Source: Just For Fun / Daring Do
In Episode 190, Gintoki pisses on a mound of dirt that turns out to be a cursed cat's grave.

Source: Urine Trouble

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