dunghill

See also: dung-hill

English

Alternative forms

• dung-hill, (obsolete) dunghil

Etymology

From dung +‎ hill.

Noun

dunghill (plural dunghills)

1. A heap of dung, especially one for agricultural purposes.

   Synonyms: muckheap, dungheap

2. (figurative, derogatory) Any wretchedly mean, dirty or loathsome place, situation or condition.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 113:7:

     He raiſeth vp the poore out of the duſt: and lifteth the needie out of the dung-hill:

Derived terms

• dunghilly

Translations

heap of dung

Bulgarian: торище n (torište) Catalan: femer m Chinese: Mandarin: 糞堆 / 粪堆 (zh) (fènduī) Czech: hromada hnoje f Dutch: vaalt (nl) f, mesthoop (nl) m Esperanto: sterkejo Finnish: lantakasa, lantatunkio (fi) Galician: estrumeira f, esterqueira f German: Misthaufen (de) m Hungarian: trágyadomb (hu) Icelandic: mykjuhaugur m, sorphaugur m Ingrian: kakara, taemytty, sittamytty Irish: carn aoiligh m Latin: fimētum n, fimārium n (Mediaeval) Middle English: myxen Norman: maie f Old English: mixen f Ottoman Turkish: فشقیلق (fışkılık) Portuguese: esterqueira f, esterquilínio m, estrumeira (pt) f Russian: наво́зная ку́ча f (navóznaja kúča) Serbo-Croatian: đubrište (sh) n, gnojište (sh) n Spanish: estercolero (es) m Swedish: gödselstack (sv) c, gödselhög c Turkish: fışkılık (tr) Ukrainian: купа гною f (kupa hnoju) Venetan: leamaro (vec), deđamèr