barricade vs mound

barricade

noun
  • An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark. 

  • A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence 

  • A place of confrontation. 

verb
  • to close or block a road etc., using a barricade 

  • to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port 

mound

noun
  • An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense 

  • The mons veneris. 

  • Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch. 

  • A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll. 

  • A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross. 

verb
  • To form a mound. 

  • To force or pile into a mound or mounds. 

  • To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to. 

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