STOOL
What does "STOOL" mean?
A seat without a back or arms, usually for one person.
Meanings
- A backless, armless seat supported on legs. He pulled up a stool at the bar.
- A small low support for resting the feet. She rested her feet on a padded stool.
- A piece of faeces; bodily waste, in medical contexts. The doctor ordered a stool sample for testing. technical
Did you know?
- The medical sense of 'stool' is borrowed from furniture: people once used a 'close stool', a portable privy seat, and the word for the seat slid over to mean what was deposited in it.
Word origin
From Old English 'stol', meaning a seat or throne, from a Proto-Germanic root related to standing; the medical sense arose from the 'close stool', a privy seat.
Remember it
STOOL has two O's like two little round seat cushions you could perch on.
A little poem
Three legs, no opinion-
it offers the bar a place
to set down its grief.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why is a three-legged seat such a good listener at the bar? It never falls over, and it never spills your secrets - it just stays a stool.
What it teaches
Even the humblest seat needs three legs to stand - support is rarely the work of one.
Quick facts
What does STOOL mean?
A seat without a back or arms, usually for one person.
Is STOOL a valid word?
Yes — STOOL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is STOOL?
STOOL has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does STOOL come from?
From Old English 'stol', meaning a seat or throne, from a Proto-Germanic root related to standing; the medical sense arose from the 'close stool', a privy seat.
What can STOOL teach us?
Even the humblest seat needs three legs to stand - support is rarely the work of one.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.