Stool

Quick meaning: Stool is a noun meaning A seat, especially for one person and without armrests.

Meaning

A seat, especially for one person and without armrests.

More Meanings

1. (horticulture) A plant that has been cut down until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
2. (nautical) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the deadeyes of the backstays.
3. (US, dialect) Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.
4. (dated) A close-stool; a seat used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot, commode, outhouse seat, or toilet.
5. (chiefly medicine) Feces, excrement.
6. (chiefly medicine) A production of feces or excrement, an act of defecation, stooling.
7. (archaic) A decoy; a portable piece of wood to which a pigeon is fastened to lure wild birds.

Example Sentences

I provided the doctor with stool samples.

the fore backstay deadeyes and stool had to be lowered 2 feet

Two days prior to the consultation, an abdominal radiograph was done because the patient hadn't stooled in a week. No signs of obstruction and no abnormal accumulations of stool were found.

Normal stooling is widely variant. Some infants only have one stool per day, especially those on formula feeding. Others may stool with each feeding. Such frequent stooling is common in breast-fed infants during the first month of life.

Word Forms

• stools
• stooling
• stooled

Synonyms for stool

Depending on context, synonyms include defecate, can, chamber, commode, crapper, gazunder.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include toilet, commode, crapper, tiller, pot, ordure.

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