as in dung
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal an ordinance that requires dog walkers to remove their animal's excrement from city streets

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Recent Examples of excrement His final stop before liberation was the cold crematorium, where the Nazis stacked prisoners in bunks just above their own excrement to die. Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2025 Primates in captivity by contrast have been known to throw excrement or engage in sometimes brutal self-mutilation. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2025 The zoo works with a third-party company to dispose of all excrement, transforming it into compost. Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025 Some could have come from wild bird excrement that enters storm drains, for example. Evan Bush, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for excrement
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Noun
  • Another 18 dung dots decorated the cabinets, floors and shelves.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
  • There’s time for kids to inspect elephant dung, find bones, collect guinea fowl feathers, and make castings of lion paw prints, plus let loose in waterfalls, try catch-and-release fishing, and learn to throw spears.
    Kathryn Romeyn, AFAR Media, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Two dark-brown mushrooms stuck out of the damp soil.
    Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Hydrangeas can be grown in almost any type of soil, but the soil must have good drainage.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • It’s built to do sand, dirt, forests, streams with exclusive features like the FOX suspension, all-terrain tires, skid plates and a factory lift.
    Josh Max, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The longer sweat and dirt sit on your skin, the more likely acne will develop.
    Casey Gallagher, Health, 25 Mar. 2025

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“Excrement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excrement. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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