برز

بَرَازٌ براز A field, plain, or wide expanse of land, (S, Msb, K,) without trees; (Msb;) as also ↓ بِرَازٌ; but this latter form is rare: (Msb:) or an open tract of land destitute of herbage and trees and without hills or mountains: (Mgh, Msb:) or a place in which is no covert of trees or other things: (Fr, S:) an open place in which is no covert of trees or other things: (Fr, S:) an open place in which is no covert. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] خَرَجَ اـِلَى البَرَازِ (tropical:) He went forth to satisfy a want of nature. (A.) And اـِذَا أَرَادَ البَرَازَ أَبْعَدَ (tropical:) [ 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 inf. n.: but (SM says that) authorities differ as to this point. (TA.) ― -b3- [It is further said,] بَرَازٌ, (Mgh, Msb,) or ↓ بِرَازٌ (S, K,) is metonymically applied to (tropical:) Excrement; human ordure; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) the feces of food. (S.)