midden

[ mid-n ]

/ ˈmɪd n /

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noun

a dunghill or refuse heap.

kitchen midden.

RELATED WORDS

dump, landfill, dumpsite, junkyard

Nearby words

Origin of midden

1300–50; Middle English midding < Old Danish mykdyngja, equivalent to myk manure + dyngja pile (Danish mødding)

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Examples from the Web for midden

The midden material is extremely compact, and there is a suggested development of a soil profile.
The Topanga Culture Final Report on Excavations, 1948|A. E. Treganza
Then, Mrs. Midden says that they get ruined just as soon as they are brought here.
Virginia|Ellen Glasgow
"A begun turn is half ended," quo' the wife when she stuck the graip in the midden.
The Proverbs of Scotland|Alexander Hislop
He dropped it into his pouch-like pocket, and strode away in silence towards Midden Harbour.
Nestleton Magna|J. Jackson Wray

I've struck across open fields, only to tumble against troughs, midden heaps, pig-styes.
Major Vigoureux|A. T. Quiller-Couch

British Dictionary definitions for midden

midden

/ (ˈmɪdən) /

noun

archaic, or dialect a dunghill or pile of refuse
dialect a dustbin
Northern English dialect an earth closet

See kitchen midden

Word Origin for midden

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

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Word Origin and History for midden

midden

mid-14c., "dung hill," of Scandinavian origin; cf. Danish mødding, from møg "muck" (see muck (n.)) + dynge "heap of dung" (see dung). Modern archaeological sense of "kitchen midden" is from Danish excavations.