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excrement

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ex·cre·ment  (kskr-mnt)
n.
Waste material, especially fecal matter, that is expelled from the body after digestion.

[Latin excrmentum, from excernere, excr-, to excrete; see excrete.]

excre·mental (-mntl), excre·men·titious (-mn-tshs) adj.

excrement [ˈɛkskrɪmənt]
n
waste matter discharged from the body, esp faeces; excreta
[from Latin excrēmentum, from excernere to sift, excrete]
excremental  [ˌɛkskrɪˈmɛntəl], excrementitious [ˌɛkskrɪmɛnˈtɪʃəs] adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.excrementexcrement - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, BM, dejection, stool - solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
fecula - excreta (especially of insects)
wormcast - cylindrical mass of earth voided by a burrowing earthworm or lugworm
human waste - the body wastes of human beings
pee, piddle, piss, urine, weewee, water - liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water"
barf, vomit, vomitus, puke - the matter ejected in vomiting
waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product - any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"
guano - the excrement of sea birds; used as fertilizer

excrement
noun faeces, shit (taboo slang), crap (taboo slang), dung, stool, droppings, turd (taboo slang), motion, mess (especially of a domestic animal), defecation, excreta, ordure, kak (S. African taboo slang), night soil The tunnel stank of excrement.
Translations
excrement [ˈekskrɪmənt] Nexcremento m

excrement [ˈɛkskrɪmənt] nexcrément m

excrement
nKot m, → Exkremente pl

excrement [ˈɛkskrɪmənt] n (frm) → escremento
excrement [ˈɛkskrɪmənt] n (frm) → escremento

excrement
n excrement [ˈekskrəmənt]
matter, especially solid, discharged from the body; faeces; dung The streets are filthy with dogs' excrement. ontlasting بِراز، غائِط изпражнения výkal(y) afføring; ekskrement der Kot περιττώματα excremento väljaheide مدفوع؛ زوائد uloste excrément צוֹאָה मल izmet ürülék tinja saur escremento 糞便 배설물 išmatos ekskrementi, izkārnījumi najis uitwerpselen avføring, møkk, ekskrement odchody excremento ex­cre­­­ment экскременты výkal(y) iztrebek izmet exkrement อุจจาระ dışkı 糞便, 排泄物 екскременти فضلہ phân 便,


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Instead of a neatly glued floor, swept by the bees with the fanning of their wings, there is a floor littered with bits of wax, excrement, dying bees scarcely moving their legs, and dead ones that have not been cleared away.
In the course of two months, I picked up in my garden 12 kinds of seeds, out of the excrement of small birds, and these seemed perfect, and some of them, which I tried, germinated.
Each animal had dangling to its tail a bag to receive its excrement, the only fuel on which the caravans can depend when crossing the desert.
 
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