stool

stool  (stl)

n.

1. A backless and armless single seat supported on legs or a pedestal.

2. A low bench or support for the feet or knees in sitting or kneeling, as a footrest.

3. A toilet seat; a commode.

4. Fecal matter from a single bowel movement.

5. Botany

a. A stump or rootstock that produces shoots or suckers.

b. A shoot or growth from such a stump or rootstock.

intr.v. stooled, stool·ing, stools

1. Botany To send up shoots or suckers.

2. To evacuate the bowels; defecate.

3. Slang To act as a stool pigeon.

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[Middle English, from Old English stl; see st- in Indo-European roots.]

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stool

Noun

1. a seat with legs but no back

2. waste matter from the bowels [Old English stōl]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stool - a simple seat without a back or arms campstool - a folding stool cutty stool - a low stool; formerly in Scotland, a seat in a church where an offender was publicly rebuked footrest, footstool, tuffet, ottoman - a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person milking stool - low three-legged stool with a half round seat; used to sit on while milking a cow music stool, piano stool - a stool for piano players; usually adjustable in height seat - furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests" step stool - a stool that has one or two steps that fold under the seat taboret, tabouret - a low stool in the shape of a drum
	2.	stool - solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, BM, dejection dog do, dog shit, dog turd, doggy do - fecal droppings from a dog body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body poop, shit, shite, turd, crap, dirt - obscene terms for feces droppings, dung, muck - fecal matter of animals meconium - thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child melaena, melena - abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding)
	3.	stool - (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings forestry - the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber stump, tree stump - the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled
	4.	stool - a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination commode, crapper, potty, throne, toilet, pot, can bathroom, bath - a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet flushless toilet - a toilet that relies on bacteria to break down waste matter (instead of using water) flush toilet, lavatory - a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it plumbing fixture - a fixture for the distribution and use of water in a building potty chair, potty seat - toilet consisting of a small seat used by young children john, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet, bathroom, can - a room or building equipped with one or more toilets toilet bowl - the bowl of a toilet that can be flushed with water toilet seat - the hinged seat on a toilet
Verb	1.	stool - lure with a stool, as of wild fowl entice, lure, tempt - provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"
	2.	stool - react to a decoy, of wildfowl react, respond - show a response or a reaction to something
	3.	stool - grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers tiller acquire, develop, produce, grow, get - come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
	4.	stool - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, take a shit, shit, make make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, piss, wee, wee-wee, urinate, piddle, puddle, make - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" dung - defecate; used of animals

Translations

stool [stuːl] n → taburete m

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stool [stuːl] n → tabouret m

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stool [stuːl] n → Hocker m

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stool [stuːl] n → sgabello