dung heap
Barnyard fertilizer mound
A dung heap is a pile of animal excrement, typically accumulated from livestock.
The term appears in rural and historical contexts where manure was collected for fertilizer or simply disposed of.
Figuratively, dung heap describes any foul, degraded, or worthless place or situation: This town is a dung heap.
Also spelled dungheap.
- muckheapPile of animal waste
- excrementSolid bodily waste
- cow pattyDried cattle feces
- horse manureEquine excrement
- manureAnimal waste as fertilizer
midden · nightsoil · droppings · faeces · fertilizer · squalor · decay · pile · pecking order · guano · ordure · grotesque · foul odor · vermicomposting · pitchfork · stable · barnyard smell · steaming
- pilespile, stack, mound, accumulation, woodpile
- historical sanitationcesspit, cesspool, chamber pot, latrine, outhouse
- waste pilesgarbage pile, trash pile, rubbish pile, debris pile, scrap pile
- insect habitatsanthill, beehive, hive, nest, cocoon
- natural formationscave, cavern, cliff, crater, dune
- Dumpsitesdump, dumpsite, garbage dump, landfill, rubbish tip
social desirability and prestige
dung heappalace
Monarch's official residence
throne room · mansion · penthouse · estate · ivory tower