"midden" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪdən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-midden.wav Forms: middens [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪdən Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|midding}} Middle English midding, {{der|en|gmq-oda|mykdyngja}} Old Danish mykdyngja, {{der|en|non|myk}} Old Norse myk, {{cog|da|møgdynge}} Danish møgdynge, {{cog|no|mødding}} Norwegian mødding, {{cog|sv|mödding}} Swedish mödding Head templates: {{en-noun}} midden (plural middens)
  1. A dungheap. Translations (dungheap): lantakasa (Finnish), estrumeira [feminine] (Galician), Misthaufen [masculine] (German), mykjuhaugur [masculine] (Icelandic), sorphaugur [masculine] (Icelandic), mixen [feminine] (Old English), estrumeira [feminine] (Portuguese), наво́зная ку́ча (navóznaja kúča) [feminine] (Russian), đubrište [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), gnojište [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), gödselhög [common-gender] (Swedish), купа гною (kupa hnoju) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-midden-en-noun-sFuz5cA- Categories (other): Terms with Old English translations Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 15 6 35 29 14 Disambiguation of 'dungheap': 80 1 4 11 4
  2. A refuse heap usually near a dwelling. Translations (refuse heap): tunkio (Finnish), coañeira [feminine] (Galician), Müllgrube [feminine] (German), Müllhaufen [masculine] (German), smetlište (Serbo-Croatian), basural [masculine] (Spanish), купа сміття (kupa smittja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-midden-en-noun-x~-ZYaDq Disambiguation of 'refuse heap': 2 73 16 5 4
  3. (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. Categories (topical): Archaeology Translations (archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells): køkkenmødding [common-gender] (Danish), tunkio (Finnish), eldhúshaugur [masculine] (Icelandic), carnán bruscair [masculine] (Irish), 貝塚 (kaidzuka) (Japanese), 패총 (paechong) (Korean), cascal [masculine] (Portuguese), conchero [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-midden-en-noun-Mn7G8d5y Categories (other): Terms with Old English translations Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 15 6 35 29 14 Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells': 14 10 38 26 11
  4. (zoology) A shelter made of vegetation and other materials by packrats. Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-midden-en-noun-NNUWgL9X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 5 15 39 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 6 13 43 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 2 2 24 4 12 38 13 1 3 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 27 2 12 40 13 1 2 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 24 6 16 40 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 7 19 35 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 23 7 19 35 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 7 16 36 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 23 7 19 35 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 22 9 22 33 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 25 5 15 39 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 23 7 19 35 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 15 6 35 29 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 6 23 32 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 25 5 15 39 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 24 7 19 35 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 25 5 15 40 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 6 19 36 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 23 7 19 35 16 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  5. (zoology) An accumulation of dried urine and fecal deposits made by hyraxes. Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-midden-en-noun-qS3giuLs Categories (other): Terms with Old English translations Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 15 6 35 29 14 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: midden-hill, spiritual midden

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "midding"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English midding",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmq-oda",
        "3": "mykdyngja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Danish mykdyngja",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "myk"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse myk",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "møgdynge"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish møgdynge",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "middens",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "midden (plural middens)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A refuse heap usually near a dwelling."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "refuse",
          "refuse"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Archaeology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(zoology) An accumulation of dried urine and fecal deposits made by hyraxes."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɪdən/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "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": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eldhúshaugur"
    },
    {
      "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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