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Meaning of Faeces | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

Alternative spelling of feces.

Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-normally

Equivalents

العربية الغائط
Čeština stolice
Deutsch Dreck Fäzes
Suomi uloste
हिन्दी मल लंड
日本語 大便
Tiếng Việt

Examples

“This paper reports on ingestion of soil by dairy cows using titanium analysis of faeces by the X-ray fluorescence technique, and gives the range of soil intakes of a year on both an individual and a herd basis.”
“The fact that dogs have a well developed sense of smell suggests that they might be able to use the odour of faeces as a means of communicating.”
“Urine and faeces are complete fertilizers of high quality with low levels of contaminants such as heavy metals. Urine is rich in nitrogen, while faeces are rich in phosphorous, potassium and organic matter.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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