excrement
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈɛkskrɪmənt/
- NSFW
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excremento
- It's a consolation to think that not even excrement can be forced to leave the planet.
- human excrement
- devil's excrement
Our stool is not the excrement of our food.
- Our stool is not the excrement of our food.
- And one man, it says I was forced to sit next to human excrement for seven hours.
- And can you send in a Tupperware container full of your excrement as well?
- blood excrement, and he finished on time.
- It's a consolation to think that not even excrement can be forced to leave the planet.
- I didn't remember this, but when Andrew, Andrew, when Ted Kennedy died, Andrew Breitbart wrote that day on his Twitter that he was human excrement.
Examples
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Returning to their bleak task, they shovel the excrement with their arms.
Fiction book (2001) -
The vet examined the dog's excrement to check for signs of illness.
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Well, let's see, I asked the question, why does excrement smell the way it does?
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What did you do with the excrement?
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I covered my excrement with leaves and carefully swept away my tracks in the sand.
Fiction book (1997) -
There are suggestions in the literature that excrement has been valued as possessing other dividends as well.
Academic text (1997) -
The family cemetery has also been recovered, cleared of cow excrement, and surrounded by a low brick wall.
Academic text (2001) -
We see here a progression from the physical disgust with excrement to its denigration at the spiritual realm.
Academic text (1997) -
Move with caution and be aware that accumulations of debris, including animal excrement, may hide structural defects from view.
Academic text (2010) -
The gardener carefully removed the excrement from the yard to keep the area clean.
Synonyms
109
5.1
Solid waste that people or animals pass from their body
30
5.8
Solid waste that the body leaves when you go to the toilet
12
5.9
Solid waste that children pass from the body
8
4.2
Solid waste that leaves the body after it digests food
3
8.2
A childish word for poop
1
8.6
Waste from the body like poop or pee
1
4.8
Solid waste the body sends out through the anus after food is digested
1
9.9
Solid waste from people or animals, for example poo
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Excrement comes from Latin parts ex- 'out' and cernere 'to separate'. It originally meant what the body 'separates out', which is why excrement refers to waste matter like feces.