dung

noun \ ˈdəŋ \

|Updated on: 6 Jun 2018

Examples: dung in a Sentence

Definition of dung

1 : the feces of an animal : manure

2 : something repulsive

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dungy

play \ˈdəŋ-ē\ adjective

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Examples of dung in a Sentence

researchers tracked the wild gorillas by following the piles of dung

Recent Examples of dung from the Web

Fire may have simply been conserved by adding fuel, such as dung that is slow burning.

— andrew c. scott, Time, "When Did Humans Discover Fire? The Answer Depends on What You Mean By 'Discover'," 1 June 2018
Among the hands-on exhibitions are rocky casts of coprolite, otherwise known as dino dung.

— mark washburn, charlotteobserver, "The Dinosaur King in the Queen City? Charlotte kids might not believe the size of this experience | Charlotte Observer," 25 May 2018
Tata, the Indian industrial conglomerate, is funding the development of solar-thermal ovens that could replace the ubiquitous rural stoves that burn wood, brush, or dung.

— NBC News, "'Battery' that bottles sunshine could bring a new solar revolution," 10 Jan. 2018
The giant African mammals generate 52,800 metric tons of dung each year, enough—according to two new studies—to pollute ecosystems and kill fish by the hundreds.

— elizabeth pennisi, Science | AAAS, "Excess hippo dung may be harming aquatic species across Africa," 16 May 2018
Two-thirds of India’s population still lives outside of cities, and 80 percent of these households rely on biomass like wood and dung for cooking and heating.

— umair irfan, Vox, "Why India’s pollution levels are so high," 8 May 2018
Since March a census team has been traversing Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, collecting the gorillas’ dung and examining their nests for hair samples and other clues.

— Washington Post, "Uganda counts gorillas amid tourism-boosting ‘baby boom’," 25 Apr. 2018
Since March a census team has been traversing Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, collecting the gorillas' dung and examining their nests for hair samples and other clues.

— rodney muhumuza, Fox News, "Uganda counts gorillas amid tourism-boosting 'baby boom'," 25 Apr. 2018
Get our daily newsletter Wood and charcoal in Africa; coal in East Asia; wood and animal dung in South Asia—in much of the world, food is heated by burning primitive solid fuels.

— The Economist, "Household smoke may be the world’s deadliest environmental hazard," 5 Apr. 2018

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