Thesaurus: midden

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1. n. A dunghill.
2. n. 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.
3. n. (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement
4. n. a heap of dung or refuse
5. 1. A dunghill. [Prov. Eng.] 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.
6. n:100 n (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement n a heap of dung or refuse