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noun
Bodily waste which is excreted from the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-normally
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Synonyms: excrements, excretions
Antonyms: none provided
noun
waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: body waste, excretion, excrement, excretory product
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product
Narrower terms: fecal matter, faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM, stool, ordure, dejection, fecula, wormcast, human waste, urine, piss, pee, piddle, weewee, water, vomit, vomitus, puke, barf, guano
History
From Latin excrēta, neuter plural of excrētus, past participle of excernere.
Across languages
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