1. a heap or pile of dung, especially from farm animals; a manure pile
Usage: literal, agricultural context
2. a filthy, squalid, or worthless place
Usage: figurative, informal

Examples

• The farmer spread compost from the dungheap across his fields.
• After years of neglect, the old barn had become a dungheap.
• Chickens pecked around the dungheap looking for insects.
• He described the abandoned factory as a dungheap of industrial waste.
• The village dungheap was located at the edge of town, away from homes.