Usually means: Human feces used as fertilizer.
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  1. night soil: Merriam-Webster
  2. night soil: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. night soil: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. night soil: Collins English Dictionary
  5. night soil: Vocabulary.com
  6. night-soil, night soil: Wordnik
  7. night-soil, night soil: Wiktionary
  8. night soil: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. night soil: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Night soil, night soil: Dictionary.com
  11. Night soil: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. night soil: Rhymezone
  13. night soil: FreeDictionary.org
  14. night soil: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. night soil: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. night soil: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (archaic, euphemistic) Human faeces.

Similar:
night-soil, soil, dirt, wormshit, earth, slop, till, teathe, tath, ground, more...

Opposite:
day soil, humanure, compost

Types:
humwaste, feces, urine, manure, slurry, more...

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Similar:
night-soil, soil, dirt, wormshit, earth, slop, till, teathe, tath, ground, more...

Opposite:
day soil, humanure, compost

Types:
humwaste, feces, urine, manure, slurry, more...



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