B2 noun #5,130 most common

stool

UK /stuːl/ | US /stuːl/

A seat, especially for one person and without armrests.

stool in 30 Seconds

  • (noun) A seat, especially for one person and without armrests.
  • (noun) A close-stool; a seat used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot, commode, outhouse seat, or toilet.
  • (noun) A plant that has been cut down until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun A seat, especially for one person and without armrests.
  2. 2
    noun A close-stool; a seat used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot, commode, outhouse seat, or toilet.
  3. 3
    noun A plant that has been cut down until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
  4. 4
    noun Feces, excrement.
  5. 5
    noun A production of feces or excrement, an act of defecation, stooling.
  6. 6
    noun A decoy; a portable piece of wood to which a pigeon is fastened to lure wild birds.
  7. 7
    noun A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the deadeyes of the backstays.
  8. 8
    noun Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.
  9. 9
    verb To produce stool: to defecate.
  10. 10
    verb To cut down (a plant) until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.

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