dunghill
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈdʌŋˌhɪl/
:
montón de estiércol
- As we walked through the farm, we noticed a large dunghill beside the fields.
Examples
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When Maria raises her head and looks around, as if searching for who's talking, for where he is and who he might be, she sees only how bright the day is, and how some birds are tiptoeing through the grass stubble while others are jumping from one branch to another right beside her, and how the flies are dancing in clouds right behind the barn, where a dunghill is swelling.
Fiction book (1998) -
"Its double function—a carnival square and also a magistrate's court, with the judge sitting on the top of a dunghill, dressed in a red gown, like a carnival king—once more emphasizes carnival's ambiguity.
Academic text (1997) -
Dressed in a red gown, the judge sat on the top of a dunghill.
Academic text (1997) -
is burning, garbage in the streets, corpses are strewn over dunghills, everything is covered black;
Academic text (2007) -
Now, since Bath Abbey was dismantled, laborers have unearthed out of an ancient niche or cranny -- we know not just where -- a glass filled with noxious tincture which was thrown aside onto a dunghill.
Fiction book (1991) -
The farmer dumped the waste on the dunghill behind the barn.
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They found old tools buried in the dunghill near the stable.
Synonyms
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2.1
A small pile of things put on top of each other
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2.4
A pile of garbage and old things people throw away
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9.9
A pile of old rubbish and animal bones left by people
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1.3
A heap of thrown away things like paper and bottles
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2.3
A large pile of things that people have thrown away
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2.7
A pile of waste and old things
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9.0
A large pile of waste left after mining coal or metal
A pile of animal dung and straw on a farm
A pile of animal dung and farm waste behind a barn
A pile of rubbish left outside in one place
A pile of dust and old rubbish thrown away
A pile of ashes left after something has been burned
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Etymology
Dunghill comes from two simple English words: dung 'manure' and hill 'small mound'. It originally named a heap of animal waste on a farm, which is why it still means a pile of dung or farm waste.