dung pile
Accumulated animal waste
A dung pile is an accumulation of animal excrement, typically from livestock.
Farmers collect manure in dung piles for composting before spreading it as fertilizer.
The term appears in rural and agricultural contexts: The stable boy wheeled another load to the dung pile.
Figuratively, it can describe any foul or worthless heap.
- manureAnimal waste as fertilizer
- horse manureEquine excrement
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
- compost heapDecomposing organic material stack
- fertilizerSoil nutrient supplement
muck · droppings · excrement · cow patty · heap · steaming heap · stench · flies · barn · stable · farmyard · steaming · decay · rot · cowpat · pitchfork · straw · ammonia
- microhabitatsmicrohabitat, tree hollows, tide pool, rock crevices, leaf litter