بَرَازٌ

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بَرَازٌ A field, plain, or wide expanse of land, without trees; as also بِرَازٌ ; but this latter form is rare: or an open tract of land destitute of herbage and trees and without hills or mountains: or a place in which is no covert of trees or other things: an open place in which is no covert of trees or other things: an open place in which is no covert.
2 [Hence,] خَرَجَ إِلَى البَرَازِ He went forth to satisfy a want of nature. And إِذَا أَرَادَ البَرَازَ أَبْعَدَ [When he desired to satisfy a want of nature, he went far off]: a trad.; respecting which El-Khattábee says that the relaters of traditions err respecting the word, pronouncing it with kesr, for بِرَازٌ is an Verbal.Noun: but authorities differ as to this point.
3 [It is further said,] بَرَازٌ, or بِرَازٌ is metonymically applied to Excrement; human ordure; the feces of food.

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