midden

Significado (Inglês)

1. A dungheap.
2. A refuse heap usually near a dwelling.
3. An accumulation, deposit, or soil derived from occupation debris, rubbish, or other by-products of human activity, such as bone, shell, ash, or decayed organic materials; or a pile or mound of such materials, often prehistoric.
4. A shelter made of vegetation and other materials by packrats.
5. An accumulation of dried urine and fecal deposits made by hyraxes.

Conceitos

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Sinônimos

muckheap

muckhill

dunghill

kitchen midden

eitchen midden

dump

rubbish pit

trash dump

garbage dump

mound

oven

rubbish dump

Traduções

Müllgrube

concimaia

Misthaufen

gübrelik

κοπριά

κόπρος

σωρός σκουπιδιών

débris

fumier

letamaio

mesthoop

vuilnishoop

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈmɪdən/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: midding

Cognato com dinamarquês: møgdynge

Cognato com norueguês: mødding

Cognato com sueco: mödding

In summary

From Middle English midding, myddyng, from Old Danish mykdyngja, (a compound of Old Norse myk, myki (“muck, manure”) and dyngja (“dung, dungpile”)), whence also Danish møgdynge and mødding, Norwegian mødding, dialectal Swedish mödding.