dung heap

See also: dungheap and dung-heap

English

Alternative forms

dungheap, dung-heap

Etymology

From earlier dungheap, from Middle English donghēp (“dungheap”), equivalent to dung +‎ heap. Compare dunghill.

Noun

dung heap (plural dung heaps)

A mound of animal droppings for agricultural use.

Synonyms

dungstead

Translations

mound

Bulgarian: торище n (torište)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 糞堆 (zh), 粪堆 (zh) (fènduī)
Dutch: vaalt (nl) f, mesthoop (nl) m
Esperanto: sterkejo
Finnish: lantakasa, lantatunkio (fi)

German: Misthaufen (de) m
Hungarian: trágyadomb (hu)
Norman: maie f
Russian: наво́зная ку́ча f (navóznaja kúča)
Spanish: estercolero (es) m
Venetian: leamaro (vec), deđamèr

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