midden – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: garbage dump,
wasteyard,
trash dump,
dumpsite,
rubbish dump,
waste-yard,
dump,
mound,
pile,
cumulation,
cumulus,
agglomerate,
heap
midden
n.
garbage heap, pile of refuse
Midden
A
midden (also
kitchen midden or
shell heap; from early Scandinavian; Danish: mødding, Swedish regional: mödding) is an old
dump for domestic waste which may consist of animal
bone,
human excrement,
botanical material,
vermin,
shells,
sherds,
lithics (especially
debitage), and other
artifacts and
ecofacts associated with past human occupation. The word is of
Scandinavian via
Middle English derivation, but is used by
archaeologists worldwide to describe any kind of feature containing waste products relating to day-to-day human life. They may be convenient, single-use pits created by
nomadic groups or long-term, designated dumps used by
sedentary communities that accumulate over several generations.
midden
Noun
1. (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement
(synonym) eitchen midden, kitchen midden
(hypernym) dump, garbage dump, trash dump, rubbish dump, wasteyard, waste-yard, dumpsite
(classification) archeology, archaeology
2. a heap of dung or refuse
(synonym) dunghill, muckheap, muckhill
(hypernym) pile, heap, mound, cumulus
midden
prep.
amid, amidst
n.
middle, mean, medium, midst
adj.
mid
Midden
(n.)
An accumulation of refuse about a dwelling place; especially, an accumulation of shells or of cinders, bones, and other refuse on the supposed site of the dwelling places of prehistoric tribes, -- as on the shores of the Baltic Sea and in many other places. See Kitchen middens.
(n.)
A dunghill.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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