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dung heap

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables
dung heap
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mound of animal droppings for agricultural use.

Etymology

From earlier dungheap, from Middle English donghēp (“dungheap”), equivalent to dung + heap. Compare dunghill.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

dung heaps (plural) dungheap (alternative) dung-heap (alternative)

Synonyms

dungstead dunghill

Questions

What does dung heap mean?
A mound of animal droppings for agricultural use.
Where does dung heap come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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