midden
Collocations
3ADJ.
ancient, archaeological
PREP.
in
ADV.
presently
Definitions
noun
A dung heap.
A refuse heap usually near a dwelling.
Untouched by the decaying middens in which they live, they emerge into the sunshine immaculate and serene. The Burmese must be the best-dressed people in the world.
Strange rubbish, not the tins and paper and boxes and other containers you would expect in a town, but a finer kind of waste […] that made the middens look like grey-black mounds of sifted earth.
An accumulation, deposit, or soil derived from occupation debris, rubbish, or other by-products of human activity, such as bone, shell, ash, or decayed organic materials; or a pile or mound of such materials, often prehistoric.
A shelter made of vegetation and other materials by packrats.
An accumulation of dried urine and fecal deposits made by hyraxes.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a heap of dung or refuse
- dunghill
- muckheap
- muckhill
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4Untouched by the decaying middens in which they live, they emerge into the sunshine immaculate and serene. The Burmese must be the best-dressed people in the world.
WiktionaryStrange rubbish, not the tins and paper and boxes and other containers you would expect in a town, but a finer kind of waste […] that made the middens look like grey-black mounds of sifted earth.
WiktionaryIt is an ancient midden, presently an archaeological treasury.
Tatoeba · #1594669Landfills are probably the oldest type of waste disposal—dumping trash in a midden or pit.
Tatoeba · #11896455