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Definitions for Stool

[1] a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
[2] a short, low support on which to stand, step, kneel, or rest the feet while sitting.
[3] Horticulture . the stump, base, or root of a plant from which propagative organs are produced, as shoots for layering.
[4] the base of a plant that annually produces new stems or shoots.
[5] a cluster of shoots or stems springing up from such a base or from any root, or a single shoot or layer.
[6] a bird fastened to a pole or perch and used as a decoy.
[7] an artificial duck or other bird, usually made from wood, used as a decoy by hunters.
[8] a privy.
[9] the fecal matter evacuated at each movement of the bowels.
[10] the sill of a window.
[11] a bishop's seat considered as symbolic of his authority; see.
[12] the sacred chair of certain African chiefs, symbolic of their kingship.
[13] to put forth shoots from the base or root, as a plant; form a stool.
[14] Slang . to turn informer; serve as a stool pigeon.
[15] fall between two stools , to fail, through hesitation or indecision, to select either of two alternatives.
[16] a backless seat or footrest consisting of a small flat piece of wood, etc, resting on three or four legs, a pedestal, etc
[17] a rootstock or base of a plant, usually a woody plant, from which shoots, etc, are produced
[18] a cluster of shoots growing from such a base
[19] mainly US a decoy used in hunting
[20] waste matter evacuated from the bowels
[21] a lavatory seat
[22] (in W Africa, esp Ghana) a chief's throne
[23] 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
[24] (of a plant) to send up shoots from the base of the stem, rootstock, etc
[25] to lure wildfowl with a decoy

Words related to Stool

ottoman, footstool, hassock, footrest

Words nearby Stool

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

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

Word origin for Stool

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

Synonyms for Stool

footrest, footstool, hassock, ottoman