stool

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  1. noun A backless and armless single seat supported on legs or a pedestal.
  2. noun A low bench or support for the feet or knees in sitting or kneeling, as a footrest.
  3. noun A toilet seat; a commode.
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  • Beside his feet and scattered about his stool was a freshly carved head, three hands, a torso and a tiny wooden heart, which he had painted a bright crimson. —  BlackStaticHorrorMagazine#1
  • I switched her food and with in 3 weeks her stool was again normal and she was back to her regular form.
  • And if you find that the stool is a bit too short for the purpose you have in mind, give it a boost by placing a book or a beautiful wooden box on top. —  detnews.com - Local
  • We called PetLand and told them about the bloody stool, and they told us that it was normal for her to have bloody stool -- that it could be from stress.
  • After the stool is assembled, go over it carefully with fine sandpaper and remove all rough spots before applying the finish. —  Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2
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armchair ·  bench ·  sofa ·  chair ·  furniture ·  desk ·  cot ·  cabinet ·  cushion ·  shelve ·  rug ·  bookcase

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stool:   stools
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English stōl; see stā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English stool, stole, stol, from Anglo-Saxon stōl = Old Saxon stōl = OFries. stōl = Dutch stoel = Middle Low German stōl, Low German stol = Old High German stuol, stual, stōl, Middle High German stuol, German stuhl = Icelandic stōll = Swedish Danish stol = Gothic (Moesogothic) stōls, a seat, chair; cf. Old Bulgarian stolŭ = Russian stolŭ = Lithuanian stalas, a table, = Greek στήλη, an upright slab (see stele); from the root of stall, stell, ult. from the root of stand: see stall, stell, stand.
  2. from stool, n.
 

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