waste matter discharged from the body, esp faeces; excreta
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ex•cre•ment /ˈɛkskrəmənt/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Physiologywaste matter discharged from the body, esp. feces.
ex•cre•ment
(ek′skrə mənt),USA pronunciation n.
ex•cre•men•tous
(ek′skrə men′təs),USA pronunciation adj.
- Physiologywaste matter discharged from the body, esp. feces.
- Latin excrēmentum, equivalent. to excrē- (perf. stem of excernere to excrete) + -mentum -ment
- 1525–35;
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'excrement' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
blow fly
- bowel movement
- business
- ca-ca
- cack-handed
- crap
- cucking stool
- defecate
- dejecta
- dejection
- diaper
- dirt
- dog-doo
- doo-doo
- dreck
- dung
- dust mite
- egesta
- excrementitious
- excreta
- feces
- fimicolous
- flyspeck
- four-letter word
- frass
- gobshite
- guano
- honey bucket
- honey wagon
- manure
- meconium
- merde
- motion
- nappy
- nappy rash
- night soil
- ordure
- pass
- poo-poo
- poop
- pooper-scooper
- poppycock
- punji stake
- scat
- scato-
- scatological
- scatology
- scoria
- shit
- soil