muckheap C2+ Topic:Plants & Agriculture Also spelled muck-heap US /ˈmʌkˌhiːp/ UK /ˈmʌkˌhiːp/ See IPA manual Freq #1447722 Meanings 1 noun a pile of manure, refuse, or other decaying farmyard waste The farmer turned the muckheap before spreading the composted material on the field. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a pile of manure, refuse,... dunghillmanure heapmuckhill Word family Related forms compost heapmiddenmanure Etymology A compound of muck + heap, recorded since Middle English mukhepe. Muck originally referred especially to dung or farmyard manure; the closed and hyphenated spellings have both been used. Topics Plants & Agriculture External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # muckheap **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈmʌkˌhiːp/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈmʌkˌhiːp/ **Frequency rank:** 1447722 ## Meanings 1. a pile of manure, refuse, or other decaying farmyard waste ## Examples - The farmer turned the muckheap before spreading the composted material on the field. ## Synonyms - dunghill - manure heap - muckhill ## Related Forms - compost heap - midden - manure ## Etymology A compound of muck + heap, recorded since Middle English mukhepe. Muck originally referred especially to dung or farmyard manure; the closed and hyphenated spellings have both been used. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture markdown