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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024stool /stul/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Furniturea simple armless and usually backless seat on legs:sat on stools at the counter.
- Furniturea short, low support on which to step, kneel, or rest the feet while sitting:He propped his feet on the stool.
- Physiologythe fecal matter excreted during a bowel movement.
- a toilet seat.
- Religiona stool pigeon.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stool (sto̅o̅l),USA pronunciation n. - Furniturea single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- Furniturea short, low support on which to stand, step, kneel, or rest the feet while sitting.
- Botany[Hort.]the stump, base, or root of a plant from which propagative organs are produced, as shoots for layering.
- Botanythe base of a plant that annually produces new stems or shoots.
- Botanya 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.
- Physiologythe fecal matter evacuated at each movement of the bowels.
- Buildingthe sill of a window. See diag. under double-hung.
- Religiona bishop's seat considered as symbolic of his authority;
see. - Anthropology, Government, Religionthe sacred chair of certain African chiefs, symbolic of their kingship.
- fall between two stools, to fail, through hesitation or indecision, to select either of two alternatives.
v.i. - Botanyto put forth shoots from the base or root, as a plant;
form a stool. - Slang Termsto turn informer;
serve as a stool pigeon.
- Indo-European root of stand) + *-l- suffix; akin to Old Church Slavonic stolù throne
- Gmc *stō- (
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English stōl; cognate with German Stuhl, Old Norse stōll, Gothic stols chair; all
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: stool /stuːl/ n - 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
- chiefly 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
vb (intransitive)- (of a plant) to send up shoots from the base of the stem, rootstock, etc
- to lure wildfowl with a decoy
Etymology: Old English stōl; related to Old Norse stōll, Gothic stōls, Old High German stuol chair, Greek stulos pillar |