stool

IPA: stˈuɫ

noun

  • A seat, especially for one person and without armrests.
  • A seat for one person without a back or armrests.
  • A footstool.
  • (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A seat with a back; a chair.
  • (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland, literally and figuratively) A throne.
  • (obsolete) A close-stool; a seat used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot, commode, outhouse seat, or toilet.
  • (horticulture) A plant that has been cut down until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
  • (chiefly medicine) Feces, excrement.
  • (chiefly medicine) A production of feces or excrement, an act of defecation, stooling.
  • (archaic) A decoy; a portable piece of wood to which a pigeon is fastened to lure wild birds.
  • (nautical) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the deadeyes of the backstays.
  • (US, dialect) Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.
  • A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.

verb

  • (chiefly medicine) To produce stool: to defecate.
  • (horticulture) To cut down (a plant) until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
  • (agriculture) To ramify; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.
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Examples of "stool" in Sentences

  • The cat sat on the stool.
  • He goes back to the stool, irresolute.
  • At the end, she goes on her stool and kisses dad.
  • Yet another type of ducking stool was called a tumbrel.
  • The dead worm is then excreted from the gut in the stool.
  • The diagnosis is based on the observation of eggs in the stool.
  • Does anyone wish to know the function of the Groom of the Stool
  • The Lattice stool was the most popular type of stool in ancient Egypt.
  • Examination of the stool for eggs and parasites confirms the diagnosis.
  • In the earliest versions, the object was primarily to defend the stool.

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