night soil

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [nahyt soil]
- /naɪt sɔɪl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [nahyt soil]
- /naɪt sɔɪl/

Definitions of night soil words

noun night soil human excrement collected and used as fertilizer. 1
noun night soil human excrement collected at night from cesspools, privies, etc, and sometimes used as a fertilizer 0
noun night soil excrement removed from a cesspool or privy and used as fertilizer 0

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Origin of night soil

First appearance:

before 1765

One of the 46% newest English words

First recorded in 1765-75

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Parts of speech for Night soil

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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night soil popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 69% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for night soil

noun night soil

cow pie — a piece of cow dung.
cowplop — a piece of cow dung; a cowpat
droppings — the act of a person or thing that drops.
dung — excrement, especially of animals; manure.
guano — a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.

All 7 Synonyms of night soil