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  • 11stool — bar·stool; birth·stool; bishop·stool; close·stool; cuck·stool; de·stool; en·stool; fald·stool; frith·stool; stool; stool·ie; stool·ing; de·stool·ment; …

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  • 12stool — stoollike, adj. /stoohl/, n. 1. a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back. 2. a short, low support on which to stand, step, kneel, or rest the feet while sitting. 3. Hort. the stump, base, or root of a plant from which… …

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  • 13stool — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cricket, hassock; seat; footrest, footstool; priedieu, kneeling stool; piano stool, milking stool, ducking stool. See support. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. seat, footstool, footrest, ottoman, hassock; see… …

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  • 14Stool — A stool can refer to:A type of chair without back and arm rests. ** A bar stool ** footstool * A flush toilet, in some dialects * Feces::In particular, human feces:Categorized using the Bristol Stool Scale * Short slang for Stool Pigeon. * A… …

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  • 15stool — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high, tall ▪ small ▪ three legged ▪ swivel ▪ step (esp. AmE) …

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  • 16stool — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stōl; akin to Old High German stuol chair, Old Church Slavic stolŭ seat, throne Date: before 12th century 1. a. a seat usually without back or arms supported by three or four legs or by a… …

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  • 17stool */ — UK [stuːl] / US [stul] noun [countable] Word forms stool : singular stool plural stools 1) a seat that has legs but no support for your back or arms a bar/piano stool 2) a piece of solid waste from someone s body • fall between two stools …

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  • 18stool — n. a cucking, ducking; step stool * * * [stuːl] ducking step stool a cucking …

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  • 19stool — [OE] Although stools are for sitting on, the word’s etymological meaning is ‘stand’. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic *stōlaz, which was formed from the base *stō , *sta ‘stand’ (source of English stand) using the noun suffix * l (in much the …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 20stool — [[t]stu͟ːl[/t]] stools 1) N COUNT A stool is a seat with legs but no support for your arms or back. O Brien sat on a bar stool and leaned his elbows on the counter. 2) PHRASE: V inflects If someone has fallen between two stools, they are unable… …

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