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mudheap

mudheap noun: a heap of mud; by extension, any pile of metaphorical detritus.

Noun

mudheap (plural mudheaps)

  1. A heap of mud; by extension, any pile of metaphorical detritus
    • Pamela Lillard's bluesy urban folk-rock lands her in a ballpark with Vega, Armatrading, Cockburn, and a few others who've rescued forgotten kernels of coolness from the mudheap of outdated singer-songwriter cliches[…1988 January 22, Renaldo Migaldi, “Pamela Lillard & the Rubba Band”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of mudheap

pluralmudheaps

Origin of mudheap

From mud + heap.

Questions about mudheap

What does mudheap mean?
Mudheap means a heap of mud; by extension, any pile of metaphorical detritus.
What part of speech is mudheap?
Mudheap is a noun.
What is the plural of mudheap?
The plural of mudheap is mudheaps.

Words near mudheap in the dictionary

  1. mudguards
  2. mudgut
  3. mudguts
  4. mudhead
  5. mudheads
  6. mudheap
  7. mudheaps
  8. mudhen
  9. mudhens
  10. mudhif
  11. mudhifs

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