fecal matter

1. 1.

   solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels

   Synonymsfaecal matterfecesfaecesBMstoolorduredejection

   Broaderbody waste

   Narrowerdog shitcrapdroppingsmeconiummelena

Questions about fecal matter

What does fecal matter mean?

fecal matter means "solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels".

What is another word for fecal matter?

Close synonyms include faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM, stool. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fecal matter a common word?

fecal matter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.