[stuːl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a seat without a back or arms, typically resting on three or four legs or on a single pedestal

- a piece of faeces
(e.g: fibre in the child's diet will soften the stools)

- a root or stump of a tree or plant from which shoots spring

- a decoy bird in hunting


Phrases:
- at stool
- fall between two stools

Origin:
Old English stool, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stoel, German Stuhl, also to stand. Current senses of the verb date from the late 18th century

[stuːl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a plant) throw up shoots from the root


Phrases:
- at stool
- fall between two stools

Origin:
Old English stool, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stoel, German Stuhl, also to stand. Current senses of the verb date from the late 18th century