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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "midden-hill"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "spiritual midden"
}
],
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"2": "enm",
"3": "midding"
},
"expansion": "Middle English midding",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "myddyng"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmq-oda",
"3": "mykdyngja"
},
"expansion": "Old Danish mykdyngja",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "non",
"3": "myk"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse myk",
"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "non",
"2": "myki",
"t": "muck, manure"
},
"expansion": "myki (“muck, manure”)",
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},
{
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"1": "non",
"2": "dyngja",
"t": "dung, dungpile"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "møgdynge"
},
"expansion": "Danish møgdynge",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "mødding"
},
"expansion": "mødding",
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},
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"1": "no",
"2": "mødding"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian mødding",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "mödding"
},
"expansion": "Swedish mödding",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English midding, myddyng, from Old Danish mykdyngja, (a compound of Old Norse myk, myki (“muck, manure”) and dyngja (“dung, dungpile”)), whence also Danish møgdynge and mødding, Norwegian mødding, dialectal Swedish mödding.",
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"form": "middens",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"glosses": [
"A dungheap."
],
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[
"dungheap",
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],
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{
"_dis1": "84 1 2 8 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "dungheap",
"word": "lantakasa"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 1 2 8 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estrumeira"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 1 2 8 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Misthaufen"
},
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"_dis1": "84 1 2 8 4",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mykjuhaugur"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 1 2 8 4",
"code": "is",
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"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sorphaugur"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 1 2 8 4",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mixen"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 1 2 8 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estrumeira"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 1 2 8 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "navóznaja kúča",
"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "наво́зная ку́ча"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 1 2 8 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "đubrište"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 1 2 8 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gnojište"
},
{
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "gödselhög"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 1 2 8 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kupa hnoju",
"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "купа гною"
}
]
},
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{
"ref": "1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1979, V. S. Naipaul, A Bend in the River",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A refuse heap usually near a dwelling."
],
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[
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],
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"_dis1": "2 72 16 5 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "refuse heap",
"word": "tunkio"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 72 16 5 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "refuse heap",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "coañeira"
},
{
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "refuse heap",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Müllgrube"
},
{
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"code": "de",
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"masculine"
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"_dis1": "2 72 16 5 4",
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "refuse heap",
"word": "smetlište"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 72 16 5 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "refuse heap",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "basural"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 72 16 5 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kupa smittja",
"sense": "refuse heap",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "купа сміття"
}
]
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"Sciences",
"Social sciences",
"Zoology",
"All topics",
"Society",
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"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."
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"(archaeology) 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."
],
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"history",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "køkkenmødding"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells",
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "carnán bruscair"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 12 42 23 11",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaidzuka",
"sense": "archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells",
"word": "貝塚"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 12 42 23 11",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "paechong",
"sense": "archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells",
"word": "패총"
},
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"code": "pt",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "cascal"
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"word": "conchero"
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"A shelter made of vegetation and other materials by packrats."
],
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],
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"(zoology) A shelter made of vegetation and other materials by packrats."
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"zoology"
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"An accumulation of dried urine and fecal deposits made by hyraxes."
],
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"zoology",
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[
"accumulation",
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"urine",
"urine"
],
[
"fecal",
"fecal"
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[
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"hyrax"
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"(zoology) An accumulation of dried urine and fecal deposits made by hyraxes."
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"word": "in het midden laten"
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},
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"1": "nl",
"2": "gem-pro",
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"args": {
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*medʰyo-"
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"name": "der"
}
],
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"tags": [
"plural"
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}
],
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"3": "-"
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"categories": [
"Dutch terms with usage examples"
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"english": "in the middle of the village stands the church",
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"type": "example"
}
],
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],
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"middle",
"middle"
],
[
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"centre"
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈmɪdə(n)/"
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"rhymes": "-ɪdən"
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a8/Nl-midden.ogg/Nl-midden.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Nl-midden.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
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}
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"Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"Dutch lemmas",
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"Dutch nouns",
"Dutch nouns with plural in -s",
"Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
"Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
"Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
"Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
"Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Dutch terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:Dutch/ɪdən",
"Rhymes:Dutch/ɪdən/2 syllables"
],
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"word": "in het midden laten"
},
{
"word": "in het midden van"
},
{
"word": "middenst"
}
],
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "djk",
"2": "mindii",
"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "srm",
"2": "míndi",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Saramaccan: míndi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Saramaccan: míndi"
}
],
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"1": "nl",
"2": "dum",
"3": "midden"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "nl",
"2": "odt",
"3": "*middi"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*midi"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *midi",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*midjaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *midjaz",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*medʰyo-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *medʰyo-",
"name": "der"
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "midden",
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}
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"mid‧den"
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"word": "middel"
}
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"glosses": [
"in the middle"
],
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[
"middle",
"middle"
]
]
}
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"ipa": "/ˈmɪdə(n)/"
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"rhymes": "-ɪdən"
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"audio": "Nl-midden.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Nl-midden.ogg",
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],
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old Danish",
"English terms derived from Old Norse",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Rhymes:English/ɪdən",
"Rhymes:English/ɪdən/2 syllables"
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"word": "midden-hill"
},
{
"word": "spiritual midden"
}
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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "midding"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
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},
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"name": "m"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "gmq-oda",
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},
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"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "myk"
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},
{
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"2": "myki",
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{
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"name": "m"
},
{
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"1": "da",
"2": "møgdynge"
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"expansion": "Danish møgdynge",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "mødding"
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"expansion": "mødding",
"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "mødding"
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"expansion": "Norwegian mødding",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "mödding"
},
"expansion": "Swedish mödding",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"form": "middens",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
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"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A dungheap."
],
"links": [
[
"dungheap",
"dungheap"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1979, V. S. Naipaul, A Bend in the River",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A refuse heap usually near a dwelling."
],
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[
"refuse",
"refuse"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Archaeology"
],
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"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."
],
"links": [
[
"archaeology",
"archaeology"
],
[
"prehistoric",
"prehistoric"
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],
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"(archaeology) 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."
],
"topics": [
"archaeology",
"history",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Zoology"
],
"glosses": [
"A shelter made of vegetation and other materials by packrats."
],
"links": [
[
"zoology",
"zoology"
],
[
"shelter",
"shelter"
],
[
"vegetation",
"vegetation"
],
[
"packrat",
"packrat"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(zoology) A shelter made of vegetation and other materials by packrats."
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences",
"zoology"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Zoology"
],
"glosses": [
"An accumulation of dried urine and fecal deposits made by hyraxes."
],
"links": [
[
"zoology",
"zoology"
],
[
"accumulation",
"accumulation"
],
[
"urine",
"urine"
],
[
"fecal",
"fecal"
],
[
"hyrax",
"hyrax"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(zoology) An accumulation of dried urine and fecal deposits made by hyraxes."
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences",
"zoology"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɪdən/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪdən"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "dungheap",
"word": "lantakasa"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estrumeira"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Misthaufen"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mykjuhaugur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sorphaugur"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mixen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estrumeira"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "navóznaja kúča",
"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "наво́зная ку́ча"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "đubrište"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gnojište"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "gödselhög"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kupa hnoju",
"sense": "dungheap",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "купа гною"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "refuse heap",
"word": "tunkio"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "refuse heap",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "coañeira"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "refuse heap",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Müllgrube"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "refuse heap",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Müllhaufen"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "refuse heap",
"word": "smetlište"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "refuse heap",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "basural"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kupa smittja",
"sense": "refuse heap",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "купа сміття"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "køkkenmødding"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells",
"word": "tunkio"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "carnán bruscair"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaidzuka",
"sense": "archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells",
"word": "貝塚"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "paechong",
"sense": "archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells",
"word": "패총"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cascal"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "conchero"
}
],
"word": "midden"
}
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"categories": [
"Luxembourgish adjective forms",
"Luxembourgish entries with incorrect language header",
"Luxembourgish non-lemma forms"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "lb",
"2": "adjective form"
},
"expansion": "midden",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"pos": "adj",
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{
"glosses": [
"inflection of midd:",
"strong/weak nominative/accusative masculine singular"
],
"links": [
[
"midd",
"midd#Luxembourgish"
]
],
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"accusative",
"form-of",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular",
"strong",
"weak"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"inflection of midd:",
"weak dative masculine/neuter singular"
],
"links": [
[
"midd",
"midd#Luxembourgish"
]
],
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"dative",
"form-of",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular",
"weak"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"inflection of midd:",
"strong/weak dative plural"
],
"links": [
[
"midd",
"midd#Luxembourgish"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of"
]
}
],
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}
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"1": "fy",
"2": "ofs",
"3": "midde"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*midi"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *midi",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Frisian midde, from Proto-West Germanic *midi.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"10": "{{{pl3}}}",
"11": "",
"12": "",
"13": "",
"14": "{{{3}}}",
"15": "",
"16": "{{{dim2}}}",
"17": "",
"18": "{{{dim3}}}",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "no plural",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "-",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{pl2}}}",
"9": "",
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"f2request": "1",
"f6accel-form": "diminutive",
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"g2": "n",
"g3": "",
"head": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
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"2": "-",
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"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"West Frisian common-gender nouns",
"West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
"West Frisian lemmas",
"West Frisian neuter nouns",
"West Frisian nouns",
"West Frisian nouns with multiple genders",
"West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian",
"West Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian",
"West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
],
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[
"middle",
"middle"
]
],
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"neuter",
"no-plural"
]
}
],
"word": "midden"
}
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