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.
- For example, loose stool is a sign of a spleen deficiency.
- 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.
- Today, changes in stool are still frequently the first sign that something is wrong.
- -- An elk that apparently tangled with a bar stool is now wearing the bar stool on its neck.
- So every man sitting on a bar stool is a fat-assed alcoholic blowhard who spits when he talks?
- The bar stool is available with a swivel seat and it is height-adjustable thanks to a lifting device.
- As far as stool is concerned, you can see any color, but as a general rule you don't want to see black, white, or red.
- That three legged stool is a great example of the our entire structure and should any one of those legs fail; we ALL could fail.
- Designer Ryan Frank sent us his latest creation, the Isabella stool is a totem pole style stacking stool made from straw and wool.
- Monitoring for rectal bleeding and/or anemia, abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea or change in stool size, shape and/or color (any of these symptoms could warrant additional screening).