stoolnoun [ C ]
uk/stuːl/us/stuːl/stool noun [ C ] (SEAT)
B2 a seat without any support for the back or arms:
a bar/kitchen/piano stool
a three-legged stool
See also
footstool
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- a three-legged stool
- We perched on bar stools and had a beer.
- She fell off her stool.
- She was sitting on a stool, a drink in her hand.
- We've just bought some stools for the kitchen.
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Chairs & seats
- -seater
- armchair
- armrest
- banquette
- bar stool
- beach chair
- beanbag
- booster seat
- easy chair
- footstool
- front seat
- high chair
- living room suite
- perch
- rocker
- rocking chair
- sag bag
- seating
- stall
- window seat
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stool noun [ C ] (EXCRETION)
specialized medical a piece of solid waste from the body:
He told the doctor he had been passing bloody stools.
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Animal physiology: excrement & its excretion
- accident
- anal fissure
- bathroom
- be caught/taken short idiom
- bowel movement
- call of nature idiom
- cowpat
- crap
- droppings
- dump
- go to the bathroom idiom
- guano
- melaena
- mess
- motion
- move
- pass
- regular
- shite
- turd
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