BM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does BM mean? 

• BM (noun)
  The noun BM has 2 senses:

1. solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels

2. a euphemism for defecation

  Familiarity information: BM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

BM; dejection; faecal matter; faeces; fecal matter; feces; ordure; stool

Hypernyms ("BM" is a kind of...):

body waste; excrement; excreta; excretion; excretory product (waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "BM"):

dog do; dog shit; dog turd; doggy do (fecal droppings from a dog)

crap; dirt; poop; shit; shite; turd (obscene terms for feces)

droppings; dung; muck (fecal matter of animals)

meconium (thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child)

melaena; melena (abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A euphemism for defecation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

bm; bowel movement; movement

Context example:

he had a bowel movement

Hypernyms ("bm" is a kind of...):

defecation; laxation; shitting (the elimination of fecal waste through the anus)

Domain usage:

euphemism (an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh)