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Synonyms for stool


Grammar : Noun
Spell : stool
Phonetic Transcription : stul



Définition of stool

Origin :
  • Old English stol "seat for one person," from Proto-Germanic *stolaz (cf. Old Frisian stol, Old Norse stoll, Old High German stuol, German Stuhl "seat," Gothic stols "high seat, throne"), from PIE *sta-lo-, locative of root *sta- "to stand" (cf. Lithuanian pa-stolas "stand," Old Church Slavonic stolu "stool;" see stet).
  • Originally used of thrones (cf. cynestol "royal seat, throne"); change of meaning began with adoption of chair from French, which relegated stool to small seats without arms or backs, then "privy" (early 15c.) and thence to "bowel movement" (1530s).
  • noun seat
Example sentences :
  • Gracie, shielded by the distance, turned on her stool and studied him.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • His head dropped back on his chair; he propped his sagging legs on a stool.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • In the kitchen their mother sat on a stool, and peeled potatoes.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • And, casting the pen down, he turned his stool round impatiently.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • And he sprang from his stool, as their teacher entered the schoolroom door.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • On a stool was the unfinished model of Fecundity swathed in wet cloths.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • She was sitting on a stool waiting for him, and when he entered she rose.
  • Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy
  • Lorilleux, seized with a fit of coughing, almost doubled up on his stool.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Against this the pirate was outlined as he sat on his stool.
  • Extract from : « In the Orbit of Saturn » by Roman Frederick Starzl
  • Roma had returned to the stool, and was resting her elbows on her knees and gazing into the fire.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

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