dungheaps
Accumulated animal droppings
Dungheaps are piles of animal manure, typically accumulated in farmyards for later use as fertilizer.
The word appears in figurative contexts to suggest something worthless, foul, or degraded: rising from the dungheap to become a prince.
Dunghill is the more common synonym.
Animal waste as fertilizer
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
- excrementSolid bodily waste
- droppingsAnimal excrement deposits
- muckFilthy wet dirt
guano · humus · cowpats · amendment · nutrients · nitrogen · phosphorus · potassium
Farm's animal enclosure
- stableSecure and unchanging
- pigstyEnclosure for swine
- cowshedShelter for cattle
- henhousePoultry dwelling
livestock · cattle · horses · poultry · straw · bedding · litter · mucking
manure
Animal waste as fertilizer
muck · guano · humus · cowpats · amendment · nutrients · nitrogen · phosphorus · potassium · organic
barnyard
Farm's animal enclosure
henhouse · livestock · cattle · horses · poultry · straw · bedding · litter · mucking · pitchfork
stench
Powerfully offensive odor
stink · offensive · nausea · revulsion · flies · maggots · filth · squalor · nauseating · rotten
refuse
Reject or garbage
detritus · dross · offal · sweepings · discards · litter · remnants · spoilage · rotting · decomposing
dungheapsflower gardens
Cultivated areas for blooms
rose beds · lavender fields · incense · fresh air · aromatic herbs
dungheapstreasure hoards
Stockpiled precious collections
riches · valuables · wealth · king's ransom