midden

mid·den

M0279800 (mĭd′n)n.1. A dunghill or refuse heap.2. Archaeology A mound or deposit containing shells, animal bones, and other refuse that indicates the site of a human settlement. Also called kitchen midden.

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[Middle English midding, of Scandinavian origin.]

midden

(ˈmɪdən) n1. a. archaic or dialect a dunghill or pile of refuseb. dialect a dustbinc. Northern English dialect an earth closet2. (Archaeology) See kitchen midden[C14: from Scandinavian; compare Danish mödding from mög muck + dynge pile]

mid•den

(ˈmɪd n)

n. 1. a dunghill or refuse heap. 2. kitchen midden. [1300–50; Middle English midding < Old Norse, =myk manure + dyngja pile]

midden

- Traces back to Scandinavian forms mog, "muck," and dynge, "heap," and first meant "dunghill" before it denoted a prehistoric or historic refuse heap.See also related terms for heap.

Midden

 an accumulation of refuse, especially from a prehistoric kitchen fire; a dunghill, manure heap, 1375.Example: midden of ashes, 1667.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	midden - (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlementeitchen midden, kitchen middenarchaeology, archeology - the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their culturesdumpsite, garbage dump, rubbish dump, trash dump, wasteyard, waste-yard, dump - a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
	2.	midden - a heap of dung or refusemuckheap, muckhill, dunghillcumulation, heap, pile, agglomerate, cumulus, mound - a collection of objects laid on top of each other

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