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Definition of Refuse heap

1. Noun. An accumulation of refuse and discarded matter.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Refuse Heap

Literary usage of Refuse heap

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly (1893)
"A first effort located the communal refuse-heap, where had been thrown the refuse and garbage of the village, when it covered an extent of nearly one ..."

2. The Popular Science Monthly (1893)
"A first effort located the communal refuse-heap, where had been thrown the refuse and garbage of the village, when it covered an extent of nearly one ..."

3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1886)
"Among the materials in the refuse- heap the broken pots formed a very important element. These pots were of great interest. They found thick pieces of red ..."

4. Pictures from the Balkans by John Foster Fraser (1906)
"Though, when we reached a hill ridge, there was revealed an impressive vista of sombre mountains, we seemed to be travelling over a refuse heap of Nature. ..."

5. Health at School: Considered in Its Mental, Moral, and Physical Aspects by Clement Dukes (1905)
"The refuse-heap for all the remaining household waste-products should be ... But even with these precautions a refuse-heap is often a great source of danger ..."

6. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1906)
"The lower refuse heap was composed mostly of a mixture of ... One great refuse heap at the upper mill was mostly composed of large flints, ..."

7. The Anthropological Review by Anthropological Society of London (1866)
"The "churchyard mound" of Mr. Laing's book I regard as tl.e refuse heap of an ancient borg, the structure of which has been mostly quarried away. ..."

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