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English noun: stool

1. stool (artifact) a simple seat without a back or arms


Broader (hypernym)seat


Narrower (hyponym)campstool, cutty stool, footrest, footstool, milking stool, music stool, ottoman, piano stool, step stool, taboret, tabouret, tuffet

2. stool (substance) solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels


SynonymsBM, dejection, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure


Broader (hypernym)body waste, excrement, excreta, excretion, excretory product


Narrower (hyponym)crap, dirt, dog do, dog shit, dog turd, doggy do, droppings, dung, meconium, melaena, melena, muck, poop, shit, shite, turd

3. stool (plant) (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings


Broader (hypernym)stump, tree stump


Domain categoryforestry

4. stool (artifact) a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination


Synonymscan, commode, crapper, pot, potty, throne, toilet


Broader (hypernym)plumbing fixture


Narrower (hyponym)flush toilet, flushless toilet, lavatory, potty chair, potty seat


Part holonymtoilet bowl, toilet seat


Part meronymbath, bathroom, bathroom, can, john, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet


English verb: stool

1. stool (communication) lure with a stool, as of wild fowl


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something


Broader (hypernym)entice, lure, tempt

2. stool (cognition) react to a decoy, of wildfowl


Pattern of useSomething ----s


Broader (hypernym)react, respond

3. stool (body) grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers


Synonymstiller


Pattern of useSomething ----s


Broader (hypernym)acquire, develop, get, grow, produce

4. stool (body) have a bowel movement


SamplesThe dog had made in the flower beds.


Synonymsca-ca, crap, defecate, make, shit, take a crap, take a shit


Pattern of useSomething ----s.
Somebody ----s


Broader (hypernym)egest, eliminate, excrete, pass


Narrower (hyponym)dung


Verb groupmake, make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee, wee-wee









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