midden
/ˈmɪdən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A dung heap.
noun
A refuse heap usually near a dwelling.
noun
An accumulation, deposit, or soil derived from occupation debris, rubbish, or other by-products of human activity, such as bone, shell, ash, or decayed organic materials; or a pile or mound of such materials, often prehistoric.
noun
A shelter made of vegetation and other materials by packrats.
Example Sentences
- "Untouched by the decaying middens in which they live, they emerge into the sunshine immaculate and serene. The Burmese must be the best-dressed people in the world."
- "Strange rubbish, not the tins and paper and boxes and other containers you would expect in a town, but a finer kind of waste […] that made the middens look like grey-black mounds of sifted earth."