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Meaning of "ordure" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ORDURE

Via Old French, from ord dirty, from Latin horridus shaggy.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ORDURE

ordure  [ˈɔːdjʊə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORDURE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ordure is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ORDURE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Human waste

Human waste is a waste type usually used to refer to byproducts of digestion, such as feces and urine. Human waste is most often transported as sewage in waste water through sewerage systems. Alternatively it is disposed of in nappies in municipal solid waste. Human waste is considered a biowaste as it is a good vector for both viral and bacterial diseases. It can be a serious health hazard if it gets into sources of drinking water. The World Heath Organization reports that nearly 2.2 million people die annually from diseases caused by contaminated water. A major accomplishment of human civilization has been the reduction of disease transmission via human waste through the practice of hygiene and sanitation, including the development of sewage systems and plumbing. The amount of water needed to process human waste can be reduced by the use of waterless urinals and composting toilets and by recycling greywater. The most common method of waste treatment in rural areas where municipal sewage systems are unavailable is the use of septic tank systems.

Definition of ordure in the English dictionary

The definition of ordure in the dictionary is excrement; dung. Other definition of ordure is something regarded as being morally offensive.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ORDURE


bordure
ˈbɔːdjʊə
coendure
ˌkəʊɪnˈdjʊə
decidua
dɪˈsɪdjʊə
dure
djʊə
endure
ɪnˈdjʊə
obdure
əbˈdjʊə
outdure
aʊtˈdjʊə
perdure
pəˈdjʊə
rejoindure
rɪˈdʒɔɪndjʊə
residua
rɪˈzɪdjʊə
rondure
ˈrɒndjʊə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ORDURE

ordinary rating
ordinary ray
ordinary seaman
ordinary shares
ordinate
ordinately
ordination
ordinee
ordnance
Ordnance Corps
ordnance datum
ordnance factory
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey map
ordo
ordonnance
Ordovician
ordurous
Ordzhonikidze
ore

WORDS THAT END LIKE ORDURE

adventure
agreed procedure
agriculture
architecture
assessment procedure
be sure
capture
complaints procedure
culture
engendure
ensure
exposure
failure
feature
grievance procedure
procedure
roundure
supersedure
to be sure
verdure

Synonyms and antonyms of ordure in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ordure» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ORDURE

Find out the translation of ordure to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ordure from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ordure» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ordure
570 millions of speakers

English

ordure
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غائط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

навоз
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ordure
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুরীষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ordure
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ordure
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schmutz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ordure
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ordure
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ordure
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bẩn thỉu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கழிவுப்பொருள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gübre
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

escremento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ordure
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гній
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ordure
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ordure
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vuil taal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ordure
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ordure
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ordure

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ORDURE»

The term «ordure» is regularly used and occupies the 102.357 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of ordure
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ORDURE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ordure» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ordure» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ordure

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORDURE»

Discover the use of ordure in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ordure and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rebert's Rules of Ordure: A Guidebook to the Social and ...
A Guidebook to the Social and Political Language of Our Times Jl Mcclellan. J L McClellan \ ' i1 ' z \ 5 I'S/ Reglert's l ules of Ordure A guidebook to the social and political language of our times Rebert's Rules of Ordure Rebert's Rules of Ordure  ...
Jl Mcclellan, 2000
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Compilation of Notes and Memoranda Bearing Upon the Use of ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
John Gregory Bourke, 2012
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Compilation of Notes and Memoranda Bearing Upon the Use of ...
Title: Compilation of Notes and Memoranda Bearing Upon the Use of Human Ordure and Human Urine in Rites of a Religious or Semi-Religious Character Among Various Nations Publisher: s.n.
John Gregory Bourke, 2009
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Etymologicon Universale: Or, Universal Etymological ...
ORD, ORDURE, ARDA. (French, Eng. Gr.) Filth, or Dirt, as of the Earth. ARDO. ( Gr.) Rigo, Irrigo, perhaps, originally, ToDawb, or Splash, as with Dirt; then To Splash, Sprinkle in general, as with Water, &c. ORDAN/CW, (Gr.) An Earthen vessel.
Walter Whiter, 1822
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Human Ordure, Botanically Considered the First Essay, of the ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
BiblioBazaar, Multiple Contributors, 2010
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Focus on African Films
Robert Pelton begins his authoritative study of the West African trickster with these words: "Loutish, lustful, puffed up with boasts and lies, ravenous for foolery and food, yet managing always to draw order from ordure, the trickster appears in  ...
Françoise Pfaff, 2004
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A New Universal and Pronouncing Dictionary of the French and ...
Il n'était pas en chef dam cette affaire, il n'y travaillait qu'en sous ordre, he. ivas not principal in that affair, he wat only a subaltern or an understrapper Oniure, ( огчШ-ге) /. filth, dïrt, dust, rubbish, nctepings; ordure, excrements, matter, filthy stuff, ...
Nicolas Gouin Dufief, 1810
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Husbandry, abriged ...
OF HUMAN ORDURE. O R want of knowing how to manage this hot dremng, it has difcouraged many from ufing it, on this account therefore, I fhall here make known a gentleman's method in the improvement of it. He had his houfe-of-office  ...
William Ellis, 1772
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British husbandry: exhibiting the farming practice in ...
NIGHT-SOIL Is not alone distinguished from the ordure of all animals by the extreme fetidness of its smell, but is also known to be of a stronger or hotter kind, and probably diners in its own qualities in proportion to the sort of provision from  ...
John French Burke, 1834
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The Farmer's Magazine
Take, for instance, stable manure, and the too prevalent practice with it — the ordure and wettest portion of the litter are thrown by barrowsful into one part of the heap, and the dry litter into another, instead of both being carefully intermixed , ...
‎1839

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORDURE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ordure is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sewage in Gauteng's drinking water
The ordure is not hard to find. Flocks of birds congregate around lakes of sewage. The murky water is bordered by dark green grass – in stark ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Jul 15»
2
Review: Michaela Eichwald at Overduin & Co.
Entrails mix with the scatological earthiness of ordure on surfaces textured like brittle skin. The show is titled with Delphic aphorisms in Greek ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
3
Dodd-Frank At 5 Years Old: Making The Next Crash More Likely And …
And the other thing that happened those few short years ago is that when the ordure did hit the fan then the banks started going bust. Why? «Forbes, Jul 15»
4
What happens when a sportsman comes out as gay?
... thus became the first professional basketball player ever to admit as much, the ordure unleashed in his direction was close to unrelenting. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Q&A: Tony Abbott's ABC ban shows adults are not in charge
... pointing that out seems at times to resemble the medieval system of consigning perceived felons to the stocks, then pelting them with ordure. «The Australian, Jul 15»
6
Scottish Open 2015: Tiger Woods can't repeat his 2000 heroics …
Despite the catalogue of snap hooks, chunked chips and missed putts, no amount of golfing ordure registers. One good round is all it takes to ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
7
Waiting for Buhari's Cabinet and Change By Ogaga Ifowodo
After all, it is tricky business for all concerned: tortoise may very well end up being buried in ordure, just as any or some of the rescuers could ... «SaharaReporters.com, Jul 15»
8
Donald Clarke: Charleston killings raise the spectre of the T-word
While Greenwald offers reasonable pleas from the liberal left, the primates at Fox News fling their ordure about the pen with characteristic ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
9
On Civility: Mediation and Ethics Part 2
... is enforced by the Speaker's occasionally despairing references to “order” (sounding uncommonly close to the French “ordure” at times). «Mediate.com, Jun 15»
10
Miserable Little Killjoys
... starts to channel his 'inner older bro' – unleashing a full on emotional tirade in a scene which reeks like a huge pile of dinosaur ordure. «CounterPunch, Jun 15»

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