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

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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

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Other Word Forms of Stool

Singular:

stool

Plural:

stools

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 kÃ«shtallÃ« '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.

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