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Where does “dung heap” come from?

dung heap (English) comes from English dungheap, from Middle English donghep — dungheap.

dung heap (English): A mound of animal droppings for agricultural use

Definitions

  1. A mound of animal droppings for agricultural use

Ancestry of “dung heap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdungheapAlternative spelling of dung heap
2Middle Englishdonghepdungheap

Words derived from “dung heap”

  • dungheap
  • dung heap
Every word from Middle English donghep →