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Meaning of horsedung | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Rubbish; nonsense; bullshit.
    informal, mildly, uncountable, vulgar
  2. Horse feces.
    literally, uncountable

Examples

“The dung of horses, for example, is more susceptible of quick fermentation than that of oxen. When the stable, therefore, opens upon a common yard, the horsedung should not be suffered to accumulate in a mass about the stable door, but spread abroad upon the heap.”
“During the last twelve months many analyses have been made in my laboratory of the mud from the City thoroughfares, with the view of ascertaining the relative proportions of horsedung to the matter from the abraded stones and iron […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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