stool
21stool — n 1. footstool, hassock, ottoman, taboret; stepstool, folding stool, campstool, milking stool; seat, bench, cricket; kneeler, prie dieu, faldstool. 2. decoy, bait, lure, come on, trick; trap, snare, springe. 3. toilet, commode; privy, cloaca,… …
22stool — [[t]stul[/t]] n. 1) fur a simple armless and usu. backless seat on legs or a pedestal 2) fur a short, low support on which to step, kneel, or rest the feet while sitting 3) bot a) a stump, base, or root of a plant that produces new stems or… …
23stool — /stul / (say stoohl) noun 1. a seat, either low or high, without arms or a back, usually for a single person. 2. a short, low support for resting the feet on, kneeling on, sitting on, etc. 3. Obsolete a chair, seat, or position of authority. 4.… …
24stool — [OE] Although stools are for sitting on, the word’s etymological meaning is ‘stand’. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic *stōlaz, which was formed from the base *stō , *sta ‘stand’ (source of English stand) using the noun suffix * l (in much the …
25stool — n. & v. n. 1 a seat without a back or arms, usu. for one person and consisting of a wooden slab on three or four short legs. 2 a = FOOTSTOOL. b a low bench for kneeling on. 3 (usu. in pl.) = FAECES. 4 the root or stump of a tree or plant from… …
26stool — 1. A discharging of the bowels. 2. The matter discharged at one movement of the bowels. SYN: evacuation (2). SYN: motion (3), movement (2). [A.S. stol, seat] butter stools fatty stools, occurring especially in steatorrhea. currant jelly s …
27stool — Synonyms and related words: BM, babble, be indiscreet, be unguarded, bear witness against, bedpan, betray, betray a confidence, betrayer, blab, blabber, bloody flux, blow the whistle, blurt, blurt out, bowel movement, buffalo chips, ca ca, can,… …
28stool — noun (C) 1 a seat without any supporting part for your back or arms: a bar stool 2 technical a piece of solid waste from your body …
29stool — A seat supported by three or four legs, having no back. See cucking stool …
30stool — The material in a bowel movement. Stool is made up of food that was not digested, bacteria, mucus, and cells from the intestines. Also called feces …