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Meaning of night soil | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Human faeces.

archaic, euphemistic, uncountable

Equivalents

日本語 汚穢
Polski ekskrementy fekalia kał odchody

Examples

“There, the night soil along with the community refuse is filled in trenches for composting and subsequent use in agriculture.”
“The flow of nitrogen from night-soil in rural China is valuable, whereas human excrement in an urban center is a pollution problem.”
“Time for the local night soil man to appear. He left the inn to find the night man who serviced the place.”

CEFR level

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