It is an ancient midden, presently an archaeological treasury.
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Midden
/ˈmɪdən/
Synonyms for "midden" (14 found)
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More general
15 entriesagglomeratecumulationcumulusdepositdumpdumpsitegarbage dumpheapmoundpilerubbish dumpstratigraphic unittrash dumpwaste-yardwasteyard
More specific
3 entriesbone middenkitchen middenshell midden
Collocations
6 entriesarchaeological middencoastal middenhousehold middenkitchen middenmidden siteshell midden
Inflections
1 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Landfills are probably the oldest type of waste disposal—dumping trash in a midden or pit.
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Untouched by the decaying middens in which they live, they emerge into the sunshine immaculate and serene. The Burmese must be the best-dressed people in the world.
Source: wiktionary
Strange rubbish, not the tins and paper and boxes and other containers you would expect in a town, but a finer kind of waste […] that made the middens look like grey-black mounds of sifted earth.
Source: wiktionary