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).

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