stool

English

/stuːl/

noun
Definitions
  • A seat, especially for one person and without armrests.
  • (obsolete) A close-stool; a seat used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot, commode, outhouse seat, or toilet.
  • (horticulture) A plant that has been cut down until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
  • (chiefly) Feces, excrement.
  • (chiefly) A production of feces or excrement, an act of defecation, stooling.
  • (archaic) A decoy; a portable piece of wood to which a pigeon is fastened to lure wild birds.
  • (nautical) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the deadeyes of the backstays.
  • (US) Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English stool inherited from Old English stōl (chair, seat, throne) inherited from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz (chair, throne, stool) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *stoh₂los, *steh₂- (stand, stay, place, put, be standing, set, stand up).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*steh₂-

Gloss

stand, stay, place, put, be standing, set, stand up

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Kanji

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