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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement;
[syn: eitchen midden, midden, kitchen midden]

2. a heap of dung or refuse;
[syn: dunghill, midden, muckheap, muckhill]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Midden \Mid"den\, n. [Also midding.] [Cf. Dan. m["o]gdynge, E. muck, and dung.] [1913 Webster] 1. A dunghill. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. An accumulation of refuse about a dwelling place; especially, an accumulation of shells or of cinders, bones, and other refuse on the supposed site of the dwelling places of prehistoric tribes, -- as on the shores of the Baltic Sea and in many other places. See Kitchen middens. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

midden n 1: (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement [syn: eitchen midden, midden, kitchen midden] 2: a heap of dung or refuse [syn: dunghill, midden, muckheap, muckhill]