HyperDic: kitchen_midden

English > 1 sense of the expression kitchen midden:
NOUNlocationkitchen midden, eitchen midden, midden(archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement
English > kitchen midden: 1 sense > noun 1, location
Meaning(archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement.
Synonymseitchen midden, midden
Categoryarcheology, archaeologyThe branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures
Broaderdump, garbage dump, trash dump, rubbish dump, wasteyard, waste-yard, dumpsiteA piece of land where waste materials are dumped
Spanishmuladar, muradal

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