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Definition of dung noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dung

noun
 
/dʌŋ/
 
/dʌŋ/
[uncountable]
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  1. solid waste from animals, especially from large ones synonym manure
    • cow dung
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDung is used after these nouns:
    • cow
    • elephant
    • horse
    • …
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    Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to German Dung, Swedish dynga, Icelandic dyngja ‘dung, dunghill, heap’, and Danish dynge ‘heap’.
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