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midden

noun

Definition of middennext
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as in dustbin

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as in manure

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Recent Examples of midden Remnants of shell middens (high mounds of shells accumulated from long term group settlement) can still be found within the reserve. — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026 Scientists usually estimate the squirrel population by counting middens, the species’ winter caches of conifer seeds and other food. — 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, 4 Dec. 2025 Also plugging into the idea of tourism as education, marine biologist Cormac McGinley runs leave-no-trace fossil discovery walks and tours of the Burren’s lunar-like landscape, which take in sea caves, ancient middens, and color-popping anemones. — Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for midden
Recent Examples of Synonyms for midden
  1. dustbin
  2. manure
  3. junkyard
  4. guano
  5. landfill
  6. dung
  7. dunghill
  8. excrement
Noun
  • While Betamax was considered the superior technology, it’s been relegated to the dustbin of history.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 July 2026
  • Once a week or more often, turn the device over to check it, paying attention to the opening that leads from the roller compartment to the dustbin compartment to make sure there’s no dirt or debris lodged there.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 20 July 2026
Definition of dustbin
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
  • With the rising number of launches, the orbit is slowly turning into a junkyard.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Where models driven for 100,000 miles would have been considered junkyard fodder back in the 1960s and ‘70s, contemporary models can run for 200,000 or more miles if properly maintained.
    — Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of junkyard
Noun
  • The pink tint of the guano reveals the balance of krill and fish in the penguins’ diet, allowing scientists to monitor the remote colonies and observe how the decline of Antarctic sea ice is altering the region’s food web.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of guano
Noun
  • However, conventional disposal tactics like landfills and incineration trigger severe environmental pollution while squandering valuable resources.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Drugs can leach into soil and ground water groundwater at the landfill.
    — Sunny Linnebur, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of landfill
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
  • In Shakespeare, Cade’s corpse ends up tossed over a dunghill.
    — Alex Beam, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
Definition of dunghill
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

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“Midden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midden. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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