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Meaning of 'stool' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Stool [ n.]
- A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.
- A single seat with three or four legs and without a back, made in various forms for various uses.
- A seat used in evacuating the bowels; hence, an evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.
- A stool pigeon, or decoy bird.
- A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays.
- A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool.
- A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a footstool; as, a kneeling stool.
- Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.
2 . Stool [ v. i.]
- To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.

Meaning of 'stool' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . stool [ v]
Meaning (1):
- have a bowel movement
Example in sentence:
  • The dog had made in the flower beds

Nearby Words:

stoak stoat stocah stoccade stoccado stochastic stock stock-blind stock-still stockade

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