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stool
(sto͞ol)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. Evacuated fecal matter.
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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stool
(stuːl)n
1. (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. (Botany) a rootstock or base of a plant, usually a woody plant, from which shoots, etc, are produced
3. (Botany) a cluster of shoots growing from such a base
4. (Hunting) chiefly US a decoy used in hunting
5. (Physiology) waste matter evacuated from the bowels
6. (Furniture) a lavatory seat
7. (Anthropology & Ethnology) (in W Africa, esp Ghana) a chief's throne
8. 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)
9. (Botany) (of a plant) to send up shoots from the base of the stem, rootstock, etc
10. (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]
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stool
(stul)n.
1. a simple armless and usu. backless seat on legs or a pedestal.
2. a short, low support on which to step, kneel, or rest the feet while sitting.
3.
a. a stump, base, or root of a plant that produces new stems or shoots.
b. a shoot or cluster of shoots springing up from such a base.
4. the fecal matter evacuated at each movement of the bowels.
5. a privy or toilet seat.
6. an artificial duck or other bird used as a decoy.
7. the sill of a window.
8. a seat considered symbolic of authority.
v.i. 9. to put forth shoots from the base or root, as a plant; form a stool.
10. Slang. to act as a stool pigeon.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English stōl, c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon stōl, Old High German stuol, Old Norse stōll, Gothic stols chair]
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stool
Past participle: stooled
Gerund: stooling
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| 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, wee, wee-wee, urinate, piddle, puddle, make - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" dung - defecate; used of animals |
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stool
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Translations
stoličkasedátko
taburet
jakkara
stolac
támlátlan szék
kollur
スツール
걸상
likti be niekotaburetė
ķeblis
stolček
pall
ม้านั่งไม่มีพนัก
ghế đẩu
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
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stool
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stool
(stuːl) noun a seat without a back. a piano-stool; a kitchen stool.
fall between two stools to lose both of two possibilities by hesitating between them or trying for both.
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stool
→ كُرْسِيٌّ بِدُونِ ظَهْرٍ أَوْ ذِراعَيْـن 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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
stool
n. heces fecales, excremento;
___ fat → grasa fecal;
___ softener → copro-emoliente.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
stool
n heces fpl (form), popó (fam), caca (esp. ped, fam or vulg), deposición f (Esp, SA), evacuación f, excremento; loose stools heces pastosas or líquidas; — softener ablandador m de heces, ablandador fecalstool
n banco, taburete m; shower — silla or asiento de duchaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.