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noun

a mound consisting of shells of edible mollusks and other refuse, marking the site of a prehistoric human habitation.

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Origin of kitchen midden

1860–65; translation of Danish kökkenmödding

Words nearby kitchen midden

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How to use kitchen midden in a sentence

In another, they sit smiling inside their Los Angeles apartment at a messy kitchen table.
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At the end of one of our sessions I join them in their kitchen for yet another drink.
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The days it takes place are marked on the wall calendar in the kitchen and counted down to with feverish excitement.
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But the greatest danger I ever underwent in that kingdom was from a monkey, who belonged to one of the clerks of the kitchen.
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The smoke from her kitchen fire rose white as she put in dry sumac to give it a start.
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He went himself to the kitchen, which was a building apart from the cottages and lying to the rear of the house.
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Following the boys, Baptiste entered by the kitchen door to encounter the mother and three daughters preparing the meal.
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The voice of duty called her to the kitchen, where her cook patiently awaited her inevitable, and always painful, audience.
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British Dictionary definitions for kitchen midden

kitchen midden

noun

archaeol the site of a large mound of domestic refuse marking a prehistoric settlement: usually including bones, potsherds, seashells, etc

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kitchen midden

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