dunghill

noun

Definition of dunghillnext
as in manure

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Recent Examples of dunghill In Shakespeare, Cade’s corpse ends up tossed over a dunghill. — Alex Beam, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dunghill
  1. manure
  2. dung
  3. guano
  4. excrement
  5. midden
  6. poop
  7. muck
  8. soil
Noun
  • Traditional wool LCAs tally greenhouse gases, including methane from sheep digestion and nitrous oxide from manure and urine.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Unloading began the following evening but progressed slowly, and only the fish manure and oil drums ended up being unloaded.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of manure
Noun
  • Behind the cookline equipment, the rodent dung shared space with 20 dead roaches.
    — David J. Neal July 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • When not elbow-deep in dino dung or outrunning raptors, Laura Dern's heartfelt performance in Jurassic Park shows why women really deserve to inherit the Earth — and all of the acting awards.
    — Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
Definition of dung
Noun
  • The image above shows pinkish-orange guano staining large sections of some of the Danger Islands, Heroína Island and Beagle Island.
    — Brett Tingley, Space.com, 30 July 2026
  • From the 1860s onward, American companies transformed Navassa into an industrial mining colony that supplied guano to farms throughout the eastern United States.
    — Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026
Definition of guano
Noun
  • One was on a quarternary dispenser over the three-compartment sink next to roach excrement.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026
  • This ancient excrement helps illustrate how and when animal life began to truly diversify on the planet.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of excrement
Noun
  • The Granada cemetery and midden, a discard mound, extended to some 25 acres originally.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
  • But this is the first time archaeologists have actually unearthed a midden with evidence that people added to it regularly for so many generations.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026
Definition of midden
Noun
  • Changes in poop, excessive licking, unusual odors, and even the way a dog holds its tail can all offer clues about what is happening behind the scenes.
    — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
  • In the next round of the study, five participants were given antibiotics before the poop pills, in an effort to keep their own natural gut bacteria from interfering.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of poop
Noun
  • Mops of ghostly streamers, some of them longer than my arm, were waving like tentacles atop layers of black muck.
    — James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Even when House of the Dragon is at its best, the prophecy skitters in to make a muck of things.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of muck
Noun
  • Waiting for soil temperatures to drop below 55°F reduces the risk of bulb rot and protects your investment.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The Chang’e-6 probe returned to Earth in 2024 with rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon in a world first.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of soil

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“Dunghill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dunghill. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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