It is an ancient midden, presently an archaeological treasury.
Source: tatoeba (1594669)
Midden
//ˈmɪdən//
Synonyms for "midden" (11 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (5)
Noun(4 words)
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15 translations across 12 languages.
Danish
1 entries- køkkenmødding noun (archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells)
Finnish
2 entries- tunkio noun (refuse heap)
- tunkio noun (archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells)
Galician
1 entries- coañeira noun (refuse heap)
German
2 entries- Müllgrube noun (refuse heap)
- Müllhaufen noun (refuse heap)
Icelandic
1 entries- eldhúshaugur noun (archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells)
Irish
1 entries- carnán bruscair noun (archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells)
Japanese
1 entries- 貝塚 noun (archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells)
Korean
1 entries- 패총 noun (archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells)
Portuguese
1 entries- cascal noun (archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- smetlište noun (refuse heap)
Spanish
2 entries- basural noun (refuse heap)
- conchero noun (archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells)
Ukrainian
1 entries- купа сміття noun (refuse heap)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Landfills are probably the oldest type of waste disposal—dumping trash in a midden or pit.
Source: tatoeba (11896455)
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
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