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stoole

stoole is the obsolete spelling of stool.

Meaning of stool

Noun

stool (countable and uncountable, plural stools)

  1. A seat for one person without a back or armrests.
  2. A footstool.
  3. (Scotland, dialectal) A seat with a back; a chair.
  4. (Scotland, dialectal, figuratively, literally) A throne.
  5. (Africa, West) A royal seat; a chief's throne.
  6. A plant that has been cut down until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
    • The ground in almost every part of it is covered with stools or stems of Oak, at not more than three feet stool from stool, and these not having been thinned since last cutting, are completely overburdened, and are evidently killing each other and dying for want of nourishment […]1827, Robert Monteath, Miscellaneous Reports on Woods and Plantations, Shewing a Method to Plant, Rear, and Recover all Woods, Plantations and Timber Trees on every Soil and Situation in Britain and...

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Forms of stoole

pluralstooles

Words formed from stoole

Questions about stoole

What is stoole the obsolete spelling of?
Stoole is the obsolete spelling of stool.

Words near stoole in the dictionary

  1. stool softener
  2. stool softeners
  3. stool-ball
  4. stool-balls
  5. stoolball
  6. stoole
  7. stooled
  8. stooles
  9. stoolie
  10. stoolies
  11. stooling

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