midden

mid·den  (mdn)

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.]

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midden [ˈmɪd^ən]

n

1.

a.  Archaic or dialect a dunghill or pile of refuse

b.  Dialect a dustbin

c.  Northern English dialect an earth closet

2. (Social Science / Archaeology) See kitchen midden

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

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

Example: midden of ashes, 1667.

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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.

Thesaurus

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, waste-yard, wasteyard, 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

midden [ˈmɪdn] N → muladar m

midden

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