Definition of excrement
: waste matter discharged from the body;
especially
: feces
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Examples of excrement in a Sentence
an ordinance that requires dog walkers to remove their animal's excrement from city streets
Recent Examples of excrement from the Web
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Before leaving May’s government, Johnson had likened her Brexit proposal to excrement, using a more vulgar term.
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But the Caps won, and PFT was suddenly mired in an unexpected excrement predicament.
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In San Francisco, where it is widely supposed that conservatives are full of excrement, many locals remain oblivious to their town’s hyper-conservative streak even as folks protesting scooters adopt the inelegant tactic of defecating on them.
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But also, more than 100 pieces of roach excrement on the kitchen walls by the walk-in cooler.
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After a lengthy battle, the waste was mercifully gone as of Thursday — removed one truckload at a time — but little Parrish is left with the sting of feeling as if no one cared that all of this excrement was left on its doorstep.
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Fresh human excrement and discarded needles lie scattered on the streets of the Tenderloin district just a few blocks from the five-star hotels of Union Square in the city’s downtown.
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Photographs taken by an inspector showed cows standing hoof-deep in their own excrement.
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Finally he was discovered emaciated and frozen to death in his own excrement.
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Origin and Etymology of excrement
Latin excrementum, from excernere
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Definition of excrement for English Language Learners
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: solid waste passed out of the body
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