mid·den

(mĭd′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.

[Middle English midding, of Scandinavian origin.]

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midden

(ˈmɪdən)

a. archaic or dialect a dunghill or pile of refuse

b. dialect a dustbin

c. Northern English dialect an earth closet

2. (Archaeology) See kitchen midden

[C14: from Scandinavian; compare Danish mödding from mög muck + dynge pile]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

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.

Midden

an accumulation of refuse, especially from a prehistoric kitchen fire; a dunghill, manure heap, 1375.

Example: midden of ashes, 1667.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	midden - (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement eitchen midden, kitchen midden archaeology, archeology - the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures dumpsite, 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 refuse muckheap, muckhill, dunghill cumulation, heap, pile, agglomerate, cumulus, mound - a collection of objects laid on top of each other

Translations

lantakasatunkio

concimaia

midden

[ˈmɪdn] N → muladar m

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midden

n (Archeol) → Muschelhaufen m; (dial) (= dustbin) → Mülleimer m; (= rubbish dump) → Müll m

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At last the fat man seemed to weary of it, for he set to work quietly upon his meal, while his opponent, as proud as the rooster who is left unchallenged upon the midden, crowed away in a last long burst of quotation and deduction.

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The wooden dining-room stuck out over the mud of the shore like a lacustrine dwelling; the planks of the floor seemed rotten; a decrepit old waiter tottered pathetically to and fro before an antediluvian and worm-eaten sideboard; the chipped plates might have been disinterred from some kitchen midden near an inhab ited lake; and the chops recalled times more ancient still.

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Karen Midden, professor of plant, soil and agricultural systems, said efforts to get the new degree in by 2020 are on track, with faculty busily filling out paperwork and planning classes.

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The skeleton was the first and only remaining Neolithic skeleton found in a shell midden in Malaysia.

5,000-year-old 'Penang Woman' on display at archeological site in Guar Kepah

They will also experience two field trips - one to the Old Town Cemetery and a fascinating excavation trip to Stirling Castle's 'midden' on the Back Walk.

Cook's tour of history

Most of the finds came from a medieval 'midden' or rubbish dump which contained animal bone, leather and greenglazed pottery.

The medieval riches under city street; ARCHAEOLOGY DIG UNEARTHS 12TH CENTURY POTTERY, BONE AND LEATHER

He said: "There was about a metre depth of midden with organic material and filth, and you can imagine what sort of stuff you find.

Rich pickings at 12th-century rubbish dump

The shell midden (heap) is definitely hundreds of years before the Spanish arrival,' said Dr.

1,500-yr-old artifacts found in CamSur

A thin midden downslope from the front of the house was partially excavated.

The Pembroke site: Thule Inuit migrants on southern Victoria Island

Both Tynemouth RNLI lifeboats were launched on Sunday afternoon after a concerned member of the public rang the coastguard to report a surfer getting into trouble off the notorious Black Midden rocks, at Tynemouth.

Lucky escape as Tynemouth surfer sparks rescue mission off the North Sea coast; The RNLI was launched after reports a surfer had got into difficulties in the sea, close to the notorious Black Midden rocks

He was a better leader than Nick Clegg, who was well named after a parasitic fly - he belongs in the political midden. Kennedy, on the other hand, sparkled in defeat.

CHARLES Kennedy, [...]