as in soil
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal
researchers tracked the wild gorillas by following the piles of dung
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Recent Examples of dung
Matthiesson slept in makeshift shelters and built fires out of yak dung, one of the few flammable materials available at this altitude—plants only exist as memories.
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Kate McMahon, AFAR Media, 13 Aug. 2025
The goat dung remedy The most repulsive recipe, from an 11th-century text, offered the following tip for chest pain.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2025
The dung that stuck to the fresco happened to form the shape of a rosette—a marvel in the eyes of the Florentines.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 31 July 2025
Access to clean cooking equipment in sub-Saharan Africa continues to lag behind other regions, with four in five people using wood, charcoal, or dung as fuel over open fires or using basic stoves, according to an International Energy Agency report.
—Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 23 July 2025
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Kate McMahon, AFAR Media, 13 Aug. 2025
The goat dung remedy The most repulsive recipe, from an 11th-century text, offered the following tip for chest pain.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2025
The dung that stuck to the fresco happened to form the shape of a rosette—a marvel in the eyes of the Florentines.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 31 July 2025
Access to clean cooking equipment in sub-Saharan Africa continues to lag behind other regions, with four in five people using wood, charcoal, or dung as fuel over open fires or using basic stoves, according to an International Energy Agency report.
—Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dung
Noun
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Recalling the English folk motif of the tree as possessing healing powers, a clump of soil dug up from an orchard in Lothlórien is used to replenish the scoured Shire.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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Israel has been engaged in a war with Gaza since a deadly 2023 terrorist attack on Israeli soil, which has seen ballistic missiles and rockets fired at the country.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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After more than an hour on the road, the team arrived at a cluster of trailers behind a long dirt path on a grower’s property in South Haven, tight quarters where farmworkers rest after long-hour shifts picking fruit under the Michigan sun.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Sweep to get rid of any dirt or debris.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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Human excrement can contain a wide range of parasites, bacteria, and viruses that can contaminate bodies of water, causing harm not only to humans but also to flora and fauna.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Dung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dung. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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