[syn: dunghill, midden, muckheap, muckhill]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Midden \Mid"den\, n. [Also midding.] [Cf. Dan. m["o]gdynge, E.
muck, and dung.]
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1. A dunghill. [Prov. Eng.]
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2. An accumulation of refuse about a dwelling place;
especially, an accumulation of shells or of cinders,
bones, and other refuse on the supposed site of the
dwelling places of prehistoric tribes, -- as on the shores
of the Baltic Sea and in many other places. See Kitchen
middens.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
midden
n 1: (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells
and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric
settlement [syn: eitchen midden, midden, kitchen
midden]
2: a heap of dung or refuse [syn: dunghill, midden,
muckheap, muckhill]