Stool Definition

sto͝ol
stools
noun
stools
A backless and armless single seat supported on legs or a pedestal.
American Heritage
A piece of furniture for one person to sit on, typically having a round seat, three or four legs or a central post, and no back or arms.
Webster's New World
A low bench or support for the feet or knees in sitting or kneeling, as a footrest.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
The inside ledge at the bottom of a window.
Webster's New World
verb
To put out shoots in the form of a stool.
Webster's New World
To evacuate the bowels; defecate.
American Heritage Medicine
To act as an informer.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Stool

Noun

Singular:
stool
Plural:
stools

Origin of Stool

  • From Middle English stool, stole, stol, from Old English stōl (“chair, seat, throne"), from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz (“chair") (compare West Frisian/Dutch stoel, German Stuhl, Swedish/Danish/Norwegian stol), from Proto-Indo-European *stohâ‚‚los (compare Lithuanian stálas, Russian стол (stol, “table"), Serbo-Croatian stol 'table', Slovenian stol 'chair', Albanian kështallë 'crutch', Ancient Greek stolōn 'pillar'), from *stehâ‚‚- (“to stand"). More at stand.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English stōl stā- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin stolo. See stolon.

    From Wiktionary

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