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closestool

closestool is the alternative form of close-stool.

Meaning of close-stool

Noun

close-stool (plural close-stools)

  1. (historical) A chamber pot enclosed in a stool or box; a commode.
    • other Princes, […] to dispatch their weightiest affaires make often their close stoole, their regall Throne or Councel-chamber, Folio Society. 2006, p.17

Forms of closestool

pluralclosestools

Origin of closestool

From Middle English close stol, equivalent to close (“enclosed”, adjective) + stool.

Questions about closestool

What is closestool the alternative form of?
Closestool is the alternative form of close-stool.

Words near closestool in the dictionary

  1. closest to one's vest
  2. closest to someone's heart
  3. closest to the bone
  4. closest to the vest
  5. closest-knit
  6. closestool
  7. closestools
  8. closet
  9. closet audit
  10. closet audits
  11. closet auger

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Adapted from Wiktionary: closestool (page history and authors); close-stool (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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