EITCHEN MIDDEN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement

Synonyms:

eitchen midden; kitchen midden; midden

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("eitchen midden" is a kind of...):

dump; dumpsite; garbage dump; rubbish dump; trash dump; waste-yard; wasteyard (a piece of land where waste materials are dumped)

Domain category:

archaeology; archeology (the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures)

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