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stool

stool [ stool ]


noun  (plural stools)
Definition:
 
1. simple seat: a simple seat with three or four legs and no back or armrests

2. excrement: a piece of excrement

3. toilet: a toilet or toilet seat ( slang )

4. botany plant base: the base of a plant, from which shoots or suckers sprout

5. botany clump of shoots: a clump of shoots or suckers sprouting from the base of a plant

6. U.S. hunting hunter's decoy: a real or artificial bird used by hunters as a decoy

7. West Africa chief's throne: the throne of a tribal chief



intransitive verb  (past and past participle stooled, present participle stool·ing, 3rd person present singular stools)
Definition:
 
1. sprout shoots: to sprout shoots or suckers from a stool

2. U.S. evacuate bowels: to evacuate the bowels

3. hunting be decoy or hunt with decoy: to be a decoy for a hunter of wildfowl, or to hunt wildfowl using decoys

4. U.S. police be stool pigeon: to provide information to law enforcement agencies about criminals ( slang )

[ Old English stōl "chair" < Indo-European, "to stand"]
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