stool
stool
Definition
stool (sto̵̅o̅l)
noun
- a single seat having three or four legs and no back or arms
- footstool
- the inside ledge at the bottom of a window
- a toilet, or water closet
- the fecal matter eliminated in a single bowel movement
- a root or tree stump sending out shoots
- a cluster of such shoots
- ☆
- a perch to which a bird is fastened as a decoy for others
- a bird or other object used as a decoy
Etymology: ME < OE stol, akin to Ger stuhl < IE *stal- (> OSlav stolū, throne, seat) < base *sta-, to stand
intransitive verb
- to put out shoots in the form of a stool
- ☆ Informal to act as a stool pigeon, or informer
stool
Synonyms
stool
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- tarry: Swallow them whole. Watch for bloody, black, or tarry stools or blood in your vomit.
- upholster: The upholstered stool has buttons sewn around the perimeter, providing the fixings for the knitted cover.
- soften: The latter especially helps soften the stools, making them easier to pass through the digestive tract.
- duck: We do not know where the ducking stool was located in the parish.
- drum: The new year, however, was the time for another Alan take on the drum stool.
- perch: A perching stool will enable you to rest comfortably at a suitable height for a kitchen work surface.
Adjective modifier
- three-legged: Drawing two three-legged stools from under the table, the witch invited her visitors to be seated.
- legged: It was here, sitting on a three legged stool, he learned to milk his first cow.
- watery: But now he has watery stools constantly and is not eating anything.
- hazel: Hence, the value of a hazel stool for lichens.
- loose: She has not had one loose stool for the past 6 weeks.
- bulky: The undigested fat also traps water in the feces, resulting in pale, bulky, greasy stools which are difficult to flush away.
Modifies a noun
- softener: It can often be managed with sitz baths, stool softeners and analgesic ointment.
- pigeon: Whilst at DERNA all the officer prisoners suspected the presence of a " stool pigeon " .
- antigen: Stool antigen tests require the person to collect a stool sample ( at least pea-sized ).
- sample: You may be asked to provide a stool sample.
- specimen: Risk groups 3 and 4 - three consecutive negative stool specimens taken at weekly intervals.
Noun used with modifier
stool Quotes
Swaying to and fro on his rickety stool He played that sad raggy tune like a musical fool. Sweet blues!
Oh, to have a little house! To own the hearth and stool and all! The heaped-up sods upon the fire, The pile of turf against the wall! To have a clock with weights and chains And pendulum swinging up and down, A dresser filled with shining delph, Speckled and white and blue and brown!
Browse dictionary entries near stool
- stook
- stooge
- stood
- stonyhearted
- Stony Point
- stony coral
- stony
- stonewort
- stonework
- stonewashed
- stool pigeon
- stoop
- stoop labor
- stoopball
- stop
- stop and frisk
- stop-and-go
- stop bath
- stop bit
- stop for
