feces

especially British, fae·ces

[fee-seez]

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. waste matter discharged from the intestines through the anus; excrement.

2. dregs; sediment.

feces

/ ˈfiːsiːz /

plural noun

1. the usual US spelling of faeces

feces

1. Waste matter eliminated from the intestinal tract.

feces

1. Excrement; the waste material that is passed to the outside from the rectum through the anus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of feces¹

1425–75; late Middle English < Latin faecēs grounds, dregs, sediment (plural of faex )

Example Sentences

Of his first brush with gross anatomy: “One scene with people carrying legs over their shoulders to the sink to wash out the feces just turned my stomach, and I was done.”

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When Carrington isn’t calling them “fat, treacherous lawn chairs” in a note accompanying an Edible Arrangement slicked in feces, she howls her desire to destroy them in court.

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Although humans and household pets can also produce endotoxins, the researchers found that a major portion of those detected in household dust originated from cockroach feces.

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Often, he had to wade into sewage to fix equipment and clean out feces, needles and tampons entering the treatment facility.

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Lumps of feces were strewn about, and little footprints trailed away from a dark hole in the floor.

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Related Words

• dung 
• excrement 
• poo 
• poop 
• shit