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dunghill

noun

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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
  • Even manures, unless composted,can contain ready-to-sprout seeds.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
  • In a small town, several dead people are brought back to life through a strange ritual involving burning duck manure.
    — Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of manure
Noun
  • In southern India, for example, villagers are allowing – and even paying – herders to use their land in exchange for dung, the natural fertilizer that farmers need to produce higher-value organic crops.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Behind the cookline equipment, the rodent dung shared space with 20 dead roaches.
    — David J. Neal July 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Definition of dung
Noun
  • Ocean-going seabirds feed at sea, return to the cliffs to breed, their guano transporting marine nutrients onto land and fertilizing the ground below.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Walker runs the Species-from-Feces project, an initiative that invites the public to submit samples of bat guano from around the world to learn more about their bat neighbors.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of guano
Noun
  • Gulliver incredulously witnesses people attempting to extract sunbeams from cucumbers and turn excrement back into edible food.
    — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Last December at the Ichimi in Coral Gables, an inspector counted 500 pieces of roach excrement.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 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
  • Such is the Hermès commitment to authenticity that the poop was sourced directly from the unit.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Another eight poop pieces were behind the front counter, on the floor around reach-in coolers and cabinets.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of poop
Noun
  • The film could have only benefited from narrowing its scope away from all the government muck, an attempt to flesh out a mythology for its villains that are scarier simply as faceless, mysterious weapons of mass destruction.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The deep muck provides a cap for the shallow aquifer, helping to clean and filter freshwater that supplies drinking water for Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe and parts of Palm Beach County.
    — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of muck
Noun
  • The text of the agreement, which has been released publicly by the administration, establishes a joint study between the two countries on the feasibility of an enrichment facility on Saudi Arabian soil.
    — Chris Boccia, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • If your home uses a septic system, wastewater flows into a tank and filters through soil.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of soil

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“Dunghill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dunghill. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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