dunghill

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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
Noun
  • The smell of dirt, hay and horse manure permeated the building.
    Chris Torres, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Tetanus bacteria live in soil and manure.
    Mustafa Fattah, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The streets are begrimed by factory smoke, fecund with horse dung and lit by lanterns.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • These rodents left 15 pieces of dung on top of the dishwasher.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 19 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • In the 19th century, guano miners razed the place, removing most of the topsoil and leaving behind barren rock.
    Susan Casey, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The Guano Point viewpoint is named for miners who tried to remove nitrogen-rich bat guano from a nearby cave discovered in 1930.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • By examining the whales' excrement, the scientists who work with Eba can try to identify ways for the orcas to rebound.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The disposal of human excrement is not a new issue.
    NPR, NPR, 19 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Moreover, at higher temperatures, pine cones stored in middens, which act as a refrigerator, tend to spoil faster.
    Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Every man must take part in the work, and even the officers cover the middens and feed the sick.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Several people stepped in the poop and tracked it on the driveway and in my garage.
    Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
  • After saying his goodbyes, Dunk picks up Arlan’s sword in the shining sun and has a hero moment worthy of Jon Snow or Jaime Lannister — but then gets a queasy stomach and explosively poops behind a tree.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 19 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Lots of mud, mixed with blood and guts, because what’s Westeros if not a queasy swill of muck and bodily fluids?
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
  • And in fitting Tomlin style, Pittsburgh let a chance to wrap up the division slip away during a three-hour pratfall in the muck at Cleveland last weekend.
    CBS News, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Only water when the top layer of soil is dry, and never let puddles sit in the saucer.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2026
  • And as the Olympics return to American soil in 2002, Kidd joined Meet the Press to reflect on what that moment meant.
    NBC news, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026

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“Dunghill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dunghill. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.

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