1.  stool(n = noun.artifact) - a simple seat without a back or arms;
is a kind of seat
has particulars: campstool, cutty stool, footrest, footstool, ottoman, tuffet, milking stool, music stool, piano stool, step stool, taboret, tabouret

2.  stool(n = noun.substance) bm, dejection, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure - solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels;
is a kind of body waste, excrement, excreta, excretion, excretory product
has particulars: dog do, dog shit, dog turd, doggy do, crap, dirt, poop, shit, shite, turd, droppings, dung, muck, meconium, melaena, melena
Derived form verb stool₄

3.  stool(n = noun.plant) - (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings;
is a kind of stump, tree stump
Derived form verb stool₃

4.  stool(n = noun.artifact) can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, throne, toilet - a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination;
is a kind of plumbing fixture
is a part of bath, bathroom, bathroom, can, john, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet
has parts: toilet bowl, toilet seat
has particulars: flushless toilet, flush toilet, lavatory, potty chair, potty seat
Derived form verb stool₄

1.  stool(v = verb.communication) - lure with a stool, as of wild fowl;
is one way to entice, lure, tempt
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  stool(v = verb.cognition) - react to a decoy, of wildfowl;
is one way to react, respond
Sample sentences: Something ----s

3.  stool(v = verb.body) tiller - grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers;
is one way to acquire, develop, get, grow, produce
Derived form noun stool₃
Sample sentences: Something ----s

4.  stool(v = verb.body) ca-ca, crap, defecate, make, shit, take a crap, take a shit - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
is one way to egest, eliminate, excrete, pass
Derived forms noun stool₄, noun stool₂
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s

   A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil. P. Henderson. [1913 Webster]

   To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers. R. D. Blackmore. [1913 Webster]

1.  A single seat with three or four legs and without a back, made in various forms for various uses. [1913 Webster]

2.  A seat used in evacuating the bowels; hence, an evacuation; a discharge from the bowels. [1913 Webster]

3.  A stool pigeon, or decoy bird. [1913 Webster]

4.  A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays. Totten. [1913 Webster]

5.  A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool. J. P. Peters. [1913 Webster]

6.  A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a footstool; as, a kneeling stool. [1913 Webster]

7.  Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to. [1913 Webster]

stool, n. & v.
--n.
1 a seat without a back or arms, usu. for one person and consisting of a wooden slab on three or four short legs.
2 a = FOOTSTOOL. b a low bench for kneeling on.
3 (usu. in pl.) = FAECES.
4 the root or stump of a tree or plant from which the shoots spring.
5 US a decoy-bird in hunting.
--v.intr. (of a plant) throw up shoots from the root.

Idiom:
fall between two stools fail from vacillation between two courses etc. stool-pigeon
1 a person acting as a decoy (orig. a decoy of a pigeon fixed to a stool).
2 a police informer.

Etymology:
OE stol f. Gmc, rel. to STAND

N  support, ground, foundation, base, basis, terra firma, bearing, fulcrum, bait, caudex crib, point d'appui, pou sto, purchase footing, hold, locus standi, landing place, landing stage, stage, platform, block, rest, resting place, groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention, floor, supporter, aid, prop, stand, anvil, fulciment, cue rest, jigger, monkey, stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage, sleeper, stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger, ratlings, staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle, bourdon, cowlstaff, lathi, mahlstick, post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster, pediment, pedicle, pedestal, plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle, buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment, baluster, banister, stanchion, balustrade, headstone, upright, door post, jamb, door jamb, frame, framework, scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, corner stone, summer, transom, rung, round, step, sill, angle rafter, hip rafter, cantilever, modillion, crown post, king post, vertebra, columella, backbone, keystone, axle, axletree, axis, arch, mainstay, trunnion, pivot, rowlock, peg, tiebeam, thole pin, board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet, trivet, arbor, rack, mantel, mantle piece, mantleshelf, slab, console, counter, dresser, flange, corbel, table, trestle, shoulder, perch, horse, easel, desk, clotheshorse, hatrack, retable, teapoy, seat, throne, dais, divan, musnud, chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall, arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair, couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench, aparejo, faldstool, horn, long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair, lamba chauki, lamba kursi, saddle, pannel, pillion, side saddle, pack saddle, pommel, bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead, four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang, bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse, pillow, bolster, mat, rug, cushion, footstool, hassock, tabouret, tripod, monopod, Atlas, Persides, Atlantes, Caryatides, Hercules, supporting, supported, fundamental, dorsigerous, astride on, straddle.

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