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recrement

recrement noun: waste matter or dross.

Noun

recrement (plural recrements)

  1. Waste matter or dross.
    • [O]bſerving [...] abundance of Matter floating in the Urine like Bran, with a great Number of Recrements like Cuttings of Hair, ſome above an Inch long, which Subſtances were found in all the Water that I made in above Twelve Months; for which I could get no Remedy: I was adviſed to drink Water...1723, John Smith, The Curiosities of Common Water: Or The Advantages thereof in Preventing and Curing Many Distempers. […], 5th edition, London: […] John and Barham Clark, […], →OCLC, pages 9–10
  2. A bodily secretion that is reabsorbed into the blood.

recrement meaning in Tamil

recrement in Tamil

சுரக்கப்பட்டு உறிஞ்சப் படல்

Forms of recrement

pluralrecrements

Origin of recrement

From re- + cernō + -ment.

Questions about recrement

What does recrement mean?
Recrement means waste matter or dross.
What is recrement in Tamil?
Recrement in Tamil is சுரக்கப்பட்டு உறிஞ்சப் படல். See Recrement meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is recrement?
Recrement is a noun.
What is the plural of recrement?
The plural of recrement is recrements.

Words near recrement in the dictionary

  1. recredentials
  2. recredit
  3. recredited
  4. recrediting
  5. recredits
  6. recrement
  7. recremental
  8. recrementitial
  9. recrementitious
  10. recrements
  11. recreolization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: recrement (page history and authors); recrement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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