noun
- a heap of animal manure, especially from a farmyard
- a foul or filthy place
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The farmer spread manure from the dunghill across his fields.
- Chickens pecked around the dunghill looking for insects.
- The old dunghill behind the barn needed to be moved.
- She described the abandoned lot as nothing but a dunghill.
- The compost pile resembled a traditional farmyard dunghill.
- Workers cleared away the dunghill to make room for new construction.