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stool

  • noun
  • /stuːl/

A seat, especially for one person and without armrests.

Other meanings

  1. A seat for one person without a back or armrests.

  2. A royal seat; a chief's throne.

A kind of

  • seat

Kinds of stool

  • milking stool
  • music stool

Example sentences

  • “How should I collect and store a poo, I mean stool, sample?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Old English "stōl" (chair, seat).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “stool” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.