midden : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: midden	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for midden
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
midden n (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement Synonym(s): eitchen midden, midden, kitchen midden a heap of dung or refuse Synonym(s): dunghill, midden, muckheap, muckhill
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Midden \Mid"den\, n. [Also {midding}.] [Cf. Dan. m[94]gdynge, E. muck, and dung.] 1. A dunghill. [Prov. Eng.] 2. An accumulation of refuse about a dwelling place; especially, an accumulation of shells or of cinders, bones, and other refuse on the supposed site of the dwelling places of prehistoric tribes, -- as on the shores of the Baltic Sea and in many other places. See {Kitchen middens}.