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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 ("kitchen 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)