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Definition of Dunghill
1. Noun. A foul or degraded condition.
2. Noun. A heap of dung or refuse.
Generic synonyms: Agglomerate, Cumulation, Cumulus, Heap, Mound, Pile
Definition of Dunghill
1. n. A heap of dung.
Definition of Dunghill
1. Noun. A heap of dung, especially one for agricultural purposes; a muckheap, dungheap. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dunghill
1. a heap of manure [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dunghill
Literary usage of Dunghill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Chemistry: On the Basis of Mr. Nicholson's, in which the ...by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson (1821)
"Too great a degree of fermentation is, however, very prejudicial to the composite
manure in the dunghill; it is better that there should be no fermentation ..."
2. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"... nor is it worth bestowing upon the poorest pilgrims : wherefore, when I am
gone, I desire that you, Mr. Valiant, would bury it in a dunghill. ..."
3. The Book of the Farm by Henry Stephens (1852)
"soft state of the land or steepness of the ascent, then the dunghill should ...
If the field hus a round-backed form, the dunghill should be placed on the ..."
4. Poems by Walter Malone (1904)
"THE dunghill AND THE MOON. SAID the Moon one night to the dunghill, "I am better
by far than you, For I am the queen of the heavens, while you are the scum ..."
5. A Treatise of Agriculture by Adam Dickson (1762)
"STRAW is thrown below the cattle, and this is carried out along with the dung,
and thrown upon the dunghill. On the dunghill is alfo thrown all the ..."
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