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EITCHEN MIDDEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eitchen midden mean?
• EITCHEN MIDDEN (noun)
The noun EITCHEN MIDDEN has 1 sense:
1. (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement
Familiarity information: EITCHEN MIDDEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
eitchen midden; kitchen midden; midden
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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