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mid·den

 (mĭd′n)
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)
n
1.
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]
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mid•den

(ˈmɪd n)

n.
1. a dunghill or refuse heap.
[1300–50; Middle English midding < Old Norse, =myk manure + dyngja pile]
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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.
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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.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.midden - (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlementmidden - (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement
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
cumulation, heap, pile, agglomerate, cumulus, mound - a collection of objects laid on top of each other
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Translations
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midden

[ˈmɪdn] Nmuladar m
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midden

n (Archeol) → Muschelhaufen m; (dial) (= dustbin)Mülleimer m; (= rubbish dump)Müll m
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References in classic literature ?
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.
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.
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.
The skeleton was the first and only remaining Neolithic skeleton found in a shell midden in Malaysia.
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.
Most of the finds came from a medieval 'midden' or rubbish dump which contained animal bone, leather and greenglazed pottery.
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.
The shell midden (heap) is definitely hundreds of years before the Spanish arrival,' said Dr.
A thin midden downslope from the front of the house was partially excavated.
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.
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.