"dunghill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dunghills [plural]
Etymology: dung + hill Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dung|hill}} dung + hill Head templates: {{en-noun}} dunghill (plural dunghills)
  1. A heap of dung, especially one for agricultural purposes. Synonyms: muckheap, dungheap Translations (heap of dung): торище (torište) [neuter] (Bulgarian), femer [masculine] (Catalan), 糞堆 (Chinese Mandarin), 粪堆 (fènduī) (Chinese Mandarin), hromada hnoje [feminine] (Czech), vaalt [feminine] (Dutch), mesthoop [masculine] (Dutch), sterkejo (Esperanto), lantakasa (Finnish), lantatunkio (Finnish), estrumeira [feminine] (Galician), esterqueira [feminine] (Galician), Misthaufen [masculine] (German), trágyadomb (Hungarian), kakara (Ingrian), carn aoiligh [masculine] (Irish), fimētum [neuter] (Latin), fimārium [Mediaeval, neuter] (Latin), myxen (Middle English), maie [feminine] (Norman), فشقیلق (fışkılık) (Ottoman Turkish), esterqueira [feminine] (Portuguese), esterquilínio [masculine] (Portuguese), наво́зная ку́ча (navóznaja kúča) [feminine] (Russian), estercolero [masculine] (Spanish), gödselstack [common-gender] (Swedish), gödselhög [common-gender] (Swedish), fışkılık (Turkish), leamaro (Venetian), deđamèr (Venetian)
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  2. (figurative, derogatory) Any wretchedly mean, dirty or loathsome place, situation or condition. Tags: derogatory, figuratively
    Sense id: en-dunghill-en-noun-Oikav2j~ Categories (other): Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Middle English translations Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dung-hill, dunghil [obsolete]

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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "heap of dung",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esterqueira"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "heap of dung",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esterquilínio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "navóznaja kúča",
      "sense": "heap of dung",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "наво́зная ку́ча"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "heap of dung",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estercolero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "heap of dung",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gödselstack"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "heap of dung",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gödselhög"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "heap of dung",
      "word": "fışkılık"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "heap of dung",
      "word": "leamaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "heap of dung",
      "word": "deđamèr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dunghill"
}

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