Midden

/ˈmɪdən/ · noun

Meaning

A dung heap..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

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.

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