muckheaps
Farmyard waste mounds
Muckheaps are piles of manure, refuse, or general filth—the accumulated waste from stables, farms, or mining operations.
The word combines muck (dirt, dung, or any foul matter) with heap.
Figuratively, a muckheap suggests any messy accumulation or a place of squalor: The investigation uncovered a muckheap of corruption.
Pile of animal waste
- manure pileAccumulated livestock excrement
- middenHistorical domestic refuse pile
- junkyardSalvage storage site
- scrapheapHeap of discarded metal
garbage pile · landfill · dump · tip · detritus
Animal waste as fertilizer
- dungAnimal fecal matter
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
- fertilizerSoil nutrient supplement
- cowpatDried cattle droppings
guano · nightsoil · spreading · tillage · humus · soil amendment
Foul, accumulated matter
- squalorDirty, degraded living conditions
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- degradationDecline in condition
- cesspitUnderground sewage container
cesspool · moral decay · depravity · wretchedness · sordidness · foulness · vileness · stench
dunghill
Pile of animal waste
- manure pileAccumulated livestock excrement
- middenHistorical domestic refuse pile
- junkyardSalvage storage site
manure
Animal waste as fertilizer
- dungAnimal fecal matter
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
- fertilizerSoil nutrient supplement
cowpat · guano · nightsoil · spreading · tillage · humus · soil amendment
filth
Foul, accumulated matter
- squalorDirty, degraded living conditions
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- degradationDecline in condition
cesspit · cesspool · moral decay · depravity · wretchedness · sordidness · foulness · vileness · stench · rottenness