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stool

The correct spelling is stool.

How to pronounce stool

/stuːl/
noun

IPA: /stuːl/

Say it like: Stoo-l

The correct spelling is stool. A seat, especially for one person and without armrests.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A seat, especially for one person and without armrests.
  2. 2.A close-stool; a seat used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot, commode, outhouse seat, or toilet.
  3. 3.A plant that has been cut down until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
  4. 4.Feces, excrement.
  5. 5.A production of feces or excrement, an act of defecation, stooling.

verb

  1. 1.To produce stool: to defecate.
  2. 2.To cut down (a plant) until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
  3. 3.To ramify; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.

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