dunghill

See also: dung-hill

English

Alternative forms

• dung-hill, (obsolete) dunghil

Etymology

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:

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)
• Ingrian: kakara
• Irish: carn aoiligh m
• Latin: fimētum n, fimārium n (Mediaeval)
• Middle English: myxen
• Norman: maie f
• Ottoman Turkish: فشقیلق (fışkılık)
• Portuguese: esterqueira f, esterquilínio m
• Russian: наво́зная ку́ча f (navóznaja kúča)
• Spanish: estercolero (es) m
• Swedish: gödselstack (sv) c, gödselhög c
• Turkish: fışkılık (tr)
• Venetian: leamaro (vec), deđamèr