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NIGHT SOIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does night soil mean?
• NIGHT SOIL (noun)
The noun NIGHT SOIL has 1 sense:
1. human excreta used as fertilizer
Familiarity information: NIGHT SOIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Human excreta used as fertilizer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("night soil" is a kind of...):
manure (any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material)
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