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.
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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
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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excrement
Noun
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Actions mattered more than words, and Nuwan’s were as repugnant as elephant dung.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Here’s some of what the inspector found: About nine pieces of rodent dung in the lobby behind the drink station counter.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Two dark-brown mushrooms stuck out of the damp soil.—
Shayla Love,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2025
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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
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Megan’s body was found on a narrow dirt path on March 15, 2003, in Wallkill, New York.—
Veronica Fulton,
NBC News,
13 Mar. 2025
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The lingering fumes of attention and magical aura somehow still surround the oddball Rodgers like the cloud of dirt around Pig-Pen in the Peanuts comic strip.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Excrement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excrement. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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