stool

[ stool ]

/ stul /

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noun

a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.

a short, low support on which to stand, step, kneel, or rest the feet while sitting.

Horticulture. the stump, base, or root of a plant from which propagative organs are produced, as shoots for layering.

the base of a plant that annually produces new stems or shoots.

a cluster of shoots or stems springing up from such a base or from any root, or a single shoot or layer.

a bird fastened to a pole or perch and used as a decoy.

an artificial duck or other bird, usually made from wood, used as a decoy by hunters.

a privy.

the fecal matter evacuated at each movement of the bowels.

the sill of a window.

a bishop's seat considered as symbolic of his authority; see.

the sacred chair of certain African chiefs, symbolic of their kingship.

verb (used without object)

to put forth shoots from the base or root, as a plant; form a stool.

Slang. to turn informer; serve as a stool pigeon.

Idioms for stool

fall between two stools, to fail, through hesitation or indecision, to select either of two alternatives.

Origin of stool

before 900; Middle English; Old English stōl; cognate with German Stuhl, Old Norse stōll, Gothic stols chair; all < Germanic *stō- (< Indo-European root of stand) + *-l- suffix; akin to OCS stolŭ throne

OTHER WORDS FROM stool

stool·like, adjective

Words nearby stool

stood, stooge, stook, stookey-scarff operation, stookie, stool, stool ball, stool pigeon, stooly, stoop, stoop ball

Example sentences from the Web for stool

He noticed her in the crowd while he was sitting on his stool between rounds.

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Furthermore, a person with norovirus has about 70 billion viral particles per gram of stool.

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I try to catch the eye of this third boy, but he plops down onto a stool and avoids my gaze.

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Long wisps fall across her forehead as she sits very straight on her stool, her narrow shoulder blades drawn back elegantly.

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Everman had his last drink and left for the night when a friend grabbed me by the arm, yanking me off my stool.

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"'Cause if I lean back against the cushion my feet won't touch the stool," she said.

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For answer Ned pointed to the empty bed, and to the stool, on which Frank usually placed his clothes.

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The man lowered himself stiffly on the edge of a stool and looked at Urim's daughter with steady eyes.

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Mary was so anxious that she got up from her stool and came to him and caught hold of both his hands.

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Urgent desire for stool, sometimes removed by passing wind; quantity normal,3 .

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British Dictionary definitions for stool

stool

/ (stuːl) /

noun

a backless seat or footrest consisting of a small flat piece of wood, etc, resting on three or four legs, a pedestal, etc

a rootstock or base of a plant, usually a woody plant, from which shoots, etc, are produced

a cluster of shoots growing from such a base

mainly US a decoy used in hunting

waste matter evacuated from the bowels

a lavatory seat

(in W Africa, esp Ghana) a chief's throne

fall between two stools

to fail through vacillation between two alternatives
to be in an unsatisfactory situation through not belonging to either of two categories or groups

verb (intr)

(of a plant) to send up shoots from the base of the stem, rootstock, etc

to lure wildfowl with a decoy

Word Origin for stool

Old English stōl; related to Old Norse stōll, Gothic stōls, Old High German stuol chair, Greek stulos pillar

Medical definitions for stool

stool

[ stōōl ]

n.

Evacuated fecal matter.

Idioms and Phrases with stool

stool

In addition to the idiom beginning with stool

stool pigeon

also see:

fall between the cracks (two stools)

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