单词 | bone heap |
释义 | > as lemmasbone heap bone heap n. a heap or mass of bones or bone fragments; esp. (a) a refuse-heap consisting mainly of animal bones produced as the result of butchery, cooking, industry, etc.; a bone midden; (b) a communal burial place or charnel heap for the bones of dead people; also figurative.Frequently in archaeological contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > bones bone heap1835 1835 Sat. Mag. Jan. Suppl. 43/2 As soon as a head began to crumble with age, the priest supplied its place with a fresh one, from the bone-heaps. 1840 C. Hooton Colin Clink in Bentley's Misc. Jan. 285 The bone-heap was hard by, and he possessed himself of the thigh-bone of a horse..from amongst a collection of similar relics. 1940 ‘G. Orwell’ Inside Whale 142 The ancient boneheap of Europe, where every grain of soil has passed through innumerable human bodies. 1986 Arctic Anthropol. 23 60/2 Layer 3 can be characterized as a bone heap without internal stratification and containing an overwhelming number of bone fragments. 1994 Biblical Archaeol. 57 242/2 The interior [of the tomb] contained an impacted bone heap, with some traces of articulation, of some 20 individuals. < as lemmas |
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