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
  • If your soil is very poor, work in some compost or aged manure before planting, and your marigolds should grow just fine.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Microorganisms in cow manure digest organic matter, releasing biogas – a mix of methane and carbon dioxide.
    Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Ancient Egyptians saw some scarabs as representations of new life because the insects are known for rolling balls of dung and then laying their eggs in them, the Israel Antiquities Authority said.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
  • To anyone sane who respects basic American norms and traditions, these firms are doing their job — and the abuse of executive power to treat them roughly as one might a terrorist organization is to cast the rule of law into a dung heap.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Over centuries, bacteria broke down ammonia in guano, converting it into nitrates that accumulated in cave soil.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The bats live above the gym bleachers in a small utility closet, where the floor is covered in guano.
    Emily Schwing, ProPublica, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The rest of the year, aside from the occasional sunbather, the area is mostly used by geese, who often leave the lawn dotted with their excrement.
    Kale Williams, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Yogi Sahu, a resident near Chynoweth Park who had organized with his neighbors to pressure City Hall to act, recalled RV dwellers dumping human excrement into the trains, hanging underwear on trees, playing loud music and stealing packages.
    Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 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
  • But…how exactly can the same stuff firm up your poop in one situation, and loosen it another?
    Julie Stewart, SELF, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Cybertrucks have been egged (in this economy!) and smeared with dog poop, and Tesla drivers are regularly taunted by Nazi salutes and signs left on their cars.
    Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The war settled into a brutal battle of attrition with limited movement along a frontline stretching for 600 miles through muck of eastern Ukraine.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The Clippers’ success lately isn’t just stemming from them making games ugly with their defense and slogging through the muck.
    Zach Harper, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In Soggy Soil Slow-draining soil presents a host of problems for tomato plants.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Weed treatment can leave behind bare patches of soil.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025

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“Dunghill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dunghill. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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