excrement
noun
ex·cre·ment
ˈek-skrə-mənt 
: waste matter discharged from the body
especially
: feces
Examples of excrement in a Sentence
an ordinance that requires dog walkers to remove their animal's excrement from city streets
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Dark spots about the size of an asterisk which are bed bug excrement and may bleed on fabric like a marker.
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Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Sep. 2025
Roach excrement and roach corpses on walls and employees not knowing when or how to wash their hands were among the reasons a popular West Miami-Dade Japanese restaurant failed inspection Wednesday.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
The engineers also found trash, drug paraphernalia and human excrement due to encampments on the property, according to a copy of Terracon’s Limited Site Investigation Report obtained by The Denver Post through a Colorado Open Records Act request.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
Deputies who responded to the scene said the home was covered in trash and smelled of human excrement.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
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Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Sep. 2025
Roach excrement and roach corpses on walls and employees not knowing when or how to wash their hands were among the reasons a popular West Miami-Dade Japanese restaurant failed inspection Wednesday.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
The engineers also found trash, drug paraphernalia and human excrement due to encampments on the property, according to a copy of Terracon’s Limited Site Investigation Report obtained by The Denver Post through a Colorado Open Records Act request.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
Deputies who responded to the scene said the home was covered in trash and smelled of human excrement.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Excrement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/excrement. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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excrement
noun
ex·cre·ment
ˈek-skrə-mənt
: waste matter discharged from the body and especially from the anus
Medical Definition
excrement
noun
ex·cre·ment
ˈek-skrə-mənt
: waste matter discharged from the body
especially
: feces
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