stool (st l)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. [Middle English, from Old English st  l; see st - in Indo-European roots.] |
stool [stuːl]
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a backless seat or footrest consisting of a small flat piece of wood, etc., resting on three or four legs, a pedestal, etc.
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a rootstock or base of a plant, usually a woody plant, from which shoots, etc., are produced
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a cluster of shoots growing from such a base
4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) Chiefly US a decoy used in hunting
5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) waste matter evacuated from the bowels
6. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a lavatory seat
7. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) (in W Africa, esp Ghana) a chief's throne
fall between two stools
a. to fail through vacillation between two alternatives
b. to be in an unsatisfactory situation through not belonging to either of two categories or groups
vb (intr)
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of a plant) to send up shoots from the base of the stem, rootstock, etc.
2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) to lure wildfowl with a decoy
[Old English stōl; related to Old Norse stōll, Gothic stōls, Old High German stuol chair, Greek stulos pillar]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  stool - a simple seat without a back or armscampstool - a folding stool cutty stool - a low stool; formerly in Scotland, a seat in a church where an offender was publicly rebuked 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 |
| 2. |  stool - solid excretory product evacuated from the bowelsbody waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body meconium - thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child | |
| 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 urinationbathroom, 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 |
| 2. | stool - react to a decoy, of wildfowl | |
| 3. | stool - grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers | |
| 4. | stool - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" 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" dung - defecate; used of animals |
Translations
stool [stuːl]
A. N
1. (= seat) → taburete m, escabel m; (folding) → silla f de tijera
to fall between two stools → quedarse sin lo uno y sin lo otro, quedarse nadando entre dos aguas y no llegar a ningún lado
to fall between two stools → quedarse sin lo uno y sin lo otro, quedarse nadando entre dos aguas y no llegar a ningún lado
2. (Med) (= faeces) → deposición f
B. CPD stool pigeon N (= informer) → chivato/a m/f, soplón/ona m/f; (= decoy) → señuelo m
stool
stool [stuːl] n (seat) → sgabello
to fall between two stools (fig) → fare come l'asino di Buridano
stool [stuːl] n (seat) → sgabello
to fall between two stools (fig) → fare come l'asino di Buridano
to fall between two stools (fig) → fare come l'asino di Buridano
stool [stuːl] n (seat) → sgabello
to fall between two stools (fig) → fare come l'asino di Buridano
n stool [stuːl]
a seat without a back a piano-stool; a kitchen stool. stoel كُرْسي щъркел (стол) stolička, sedátko taburet; -taburet der Hocker σκαμνί taburete taburet, iste چهارپايه palli tabouret שַׁרפרַף चौकी, तिपाही, पाखाना, मल, गुह, त्याग stolica bez naslona, tronožac (támlátlan) szék dingklik kollur sgabello 腰掛け (등이 없는) 의자 taburetė ķeblis tungku kruk krakk, skammel, taburett taboret banquinho taburet табурет(ка) stolička stolček hoklica pall ม้านั่งไม่มีพนักซึ่งมี 3 หรือ 4 ขา oturak, tabure 凳子 табурет(ка) تپاءی ghế đẩu 凳子
fall between two stools
to lose both of two possibilities by hesitating between them or trying for both. tussen twee stoele val يَخْسَر الفُرْصَتَيْن بِسَبَب تَرَدُّدِه от два стола, та на земята posadit se mezi dvě židle sætte sig mellem to stole sich zwischen zwei Stühle setzen κυνηγώ πολλούς λαγούς και δεν πιάνω κανένα nadar entre dos aguas kahe tooli vahel istuma سر دو راهي ماندن jäädä lehdellä soittelemaan s'asseoir entre deux chaises לָצֵאת קֵרֵחַ מִכָּאן וּמִכָּאן दुविधा में पड़ना pokušati sjediti na dvije stolice két szék között a pad alá esik kehilangan dua peluang hika og glata báðum tækifærum (aver perso le due possibilità) あぶはちとらずになる 이럴까 저럴까 망설이다 모두 실패하다 prarasti progą, likti be nieko zaudēt (abas) iespējas; dzīties pakaļ diviem zaķiem yg dikejar tak dpt yg dikendong berciciran tussen wal en schip vallen falle mellom to stoler przegrać na obu frontach ficar entre a quarta e a meia-quartilha a alerga după doi iepuri сидеть между двух стульев sedieť na dvoch stoličkách ostati praznih rok sedeti na dve stolice sätta sig mellan två stolar สูญเสียสองสิ่งที่เป็นไปได้เนื่องจากความลังเลใจที่จะเอาอย่างใดอย่างนึงหรือจะเอาทั้งสอง iki iş arasında bocalamak 兩頭落空 сидіти між двома стільцями دونوں امکانات گنوا دینا lưỡng lự giữa hai con đường thành xôi hỏng bỏng không 两头落空
stool → كرسي بلا ظهر أو ذراعين stolička taburet Hocker σκαμνί taburete jakkara tabouret stolac sgabello スツール 걸상 kruk krakk stołek banquinho табурет pall ม้านั่งไม่มีพนัก tabure ghế đẩu 凳子
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