EGAVE

midden

About 0.47 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A dung heap.
  2. noun A refuse heap usually near a dwelling.
  3. noun 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.
  4. noun A shelter made of vegetation and other materials by packrats.
  5. noun An accumulation of dried urine and fecal deposits made by hyraxes.

Similar words

muckheap muckhill dunghill eitchen midden kitchen midden afrika celebes sumatra middenstead midden-hill

Often followed by

deposits and deposit in of at was sites material

Word family

middens

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