Etymology : Middle English, from Old English stOl; akin to Old High German stuol chair, Old Church Slavonic stolu seat, throne
Pronunciation : 'stül
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. seat or bench without arms or a back; bowel movement. stool\stool\ , n. [as. stōl a seat; akin to ofries. & os. stōl, d. stoel, g. stuhl, ohg. stuol, icel. stōll, sw. & dan. stol, goth. stōls, lith. stalas a table, russ. stol'; from the root of e. stand. ?163. see:
stand, and cf. fauteuil.].
2. a single seat with three or four legs and without a back, made in various forms for various uses.
3. a seat used in evacuating the bowels; hence, an evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.
4. a stool pigeon, or decoy bird. [u. s.].
5. (naut.) a small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays.
6. a bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool. p. peters.
7. a bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a footstool; as, a kneeling stool.
8. material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to. [local, u.s.]stool of a window, or.
9. A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.
10. To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.
11. A single seat with three or four legs and without a back, made in various forms for various uses.
12. A seat used in evacuating the bowels; hence, an evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.
13. A stool pigeon, or decoy bird.
14. A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays.
15. A bishop's seat or see; a bishop- stool.
16. A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a footstool; as, a kneeling stool.
17. Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to. a simple seat without a back or arms the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers react to a decoy, of wildfowl lure with a stool, as of wild fowl.
18. 1. A stool is a seat with legs but no support for your arms or back. O'Brien sat on a bar stool and leaned his elbows on the counter.
19. If someone has fallen between two stools, they are unable to decide which of two courses of action to take and as a result they have not done either of them successfully.
20. Stools are the pieces of solid waste matter that are passed out of a person's body through their bowels. = faeces.