dunghill

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Recent Examples of dunghill In Shakespeare, Cade’s corpse ends up tossed over a dunghill. Alex Beam, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dunghill
Noun
  • Consider tilling compost or composted manure into the planting bed.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The composting bin contains some 250,000 red wiggler worms that feast on the manure of the animals and poultry that live on the farm, and decompose plant detritus, coffee grounds, and table scraps as well.
    Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Actions mattered more than words, and Nuwan’s were as repugnant as elephant dung.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Here’s some of what the inspector found: About nine pieces of rodent dung in the lobby behind the drink station counter.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Notably, using bat guano or bird droppings as fertilizer may contribute to the infection with Histoplasma capsulatum.
    Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Two men have reportedly died after inhaling bat guano used to grow marijuana, raising concerns about the safety of natural bat guano and commercially available fertilizers.
    Dario Sabaghi, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The bathtub and toilets were overflowing with human excrement, and authorities said the mother did not leave any toilet paper or personal hygiene products.
    Megan Forrester, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Finally, liquid bat guano and liquid earthworm castings (guano and castings are euphemisms for excrement) are also utilized for foliar fertilization.
    Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The midden is a testament to the volume of shellfish eaten by Hoabinhians.
    Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
  • This and oral reports evidenced that two even larger middens once existed nearby.
    Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Seabirds transport nitrogen and phosphorus from the ocean to the land in their poop, increasing the density of plants on islands.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Wild birds that carry flu viruses in their guts and shed them in their poop are believed to be the main way H5N1 has been introduced onto farms.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • When the trucks don’t arrive in time at a sewage plant near Cutler Bay, the smell from 350 tons of tarry black muck leftover from the daily processing of human waste can spread.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
  • There are accounts of brown, swirling muck near the landfill, of barrels leaching amber ooze into the grasses and ground.
    Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a key Kremlin ally who allowed Russia to launch its invasion of Ukraine partially from Belarusian soil, is also in Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Once in the country they can be moved about on plants and produce, soil, logs, firewood, and mulch.
    Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2025

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“Dunghill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dunghill. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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