excrement Definition
ex·cre·ment (eks′krə mənt)
noun
waste matter from the bowels; feces
Etymology: Fr excrément < L excrementum, that which is sifted out, refuse < excretus: see excrete
excrement Related Forms
ex′·cre·men′·tal (-ment′'l) adjective or ex′·cre·men·ti′·tious-men tis̸h′əs, -mən-
excrement Synonyms
excrement
n.
excrement Usage Examples
Preposition: of
animal: And the excrement of animals always retains some virtue of its origin as is shown by the feces.. .
Converse of object
- eat: Even less reassuringly, Dr. Adams theorizes: ' What if it had just been eating dog excrement?
- put: Mosques in Birmingham have had excrement put through their letter boxes.
- smear: Pork has been tied to the doors of a hall where the town's Muslims pray every Friday and excrement smeared on the paths.
- throw: When they first met McVeigh subjected Fr Smith to a torrent of racist abuse and threw excrement at him.
- dry: Black sewage water oozes down the middle and dried excrement litters the path that runs alongside.
- have: Mosques in Birmingham have had excrement put through their letter boxes.
Adjective modifier
- bovine: The Eurovision entries - 25 great songs, and the British entry that was bovine excrement.
- human: Sometimes I have to clean human excrement off the doorstep.
- own: On the day my father died, he was laying in his own excrement, for three hours.. .
- animal: No dogs as animal excrement presents a health risk especially to childen.
- male: EDIT: changed censored word to " male cow excrement " Thanks for that.
- bodily: Bird flu is transmitted from bird to bird by direct contact with bodily excrement and respiratory secretions.
Preposition: on
wall: These included him flooding his cell, smearing excrement on the walls, covering himself in margarine and placing a noose round his neck.
Noun used with modifier
- dog: They produce 900 tons of dog excrement per day.
- cow: EDIT: changed censored word to " male cow excrement " Thanks for that.
- bird: Finally, I throw myself on to the nearest park bench, not bothering about the bird excrement or chewing gum.
- pigeon: Early forms of tattoo removal included the injection or application of wine, lime, garlic or pigeon excrement.
- mite: It can be applied to mattresses, bedding, such as blankets, pillows, etc. The allergy-causing mite excrements are broken down.
- horse: Now all that was required was a drummer and bassist ( both of which are less common than rocking horse excrement!
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