Phrase Hound found 52 phrases and 25 compound words that contain stool. The most common are listed below. Open stool in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 52
- bar stoolA stool used for sitting, often taller than a chair and usually having a foot rest, commonly placed in bars and in front of kitchen counters.
- Groom of the StoolOriginally an official responsible for helping the English monarch use the toilet; later a senior official who was allowed access to the monarch's privy chamber and served as a personal secretary.
- stool pigeonA pigeon tied to a stool by a piece of twine, used as a decoy to entice free-flying birds to the ground to be shot or trapped.
- step stoolA stool of various designs with one or more steps; in some designs the steps may be folded away underneath the seat when not in use.
- close-stoolA chamber pot enclosed in a stool or box; a commode.
- piano stoolA round wooden stool used by piano players. It is less stable than the rectangular piano bench. The height can be adjusted by simply spinning the seat clockwise or counterclockwise, respectively.
- foot-stoolAlternative form of footstool: A low stool for supporting the feet while seated.
- cucking stoolA kind of chair to which a person (such as a scold or dishonest tradesman) was fastened in order to be punished and socially humiliated, usually by being pelted and hooted at by a mob in front of their own house, but sometimes being taken …
- pass a stoolAlternative form of pass stool: To defecate.
- pedal stoolA stool with vertical foot levers that attach to the pedals of a piano, organ, or similar instrument, thereby assisting children and other players who cannot reach the pedals normally.
- stool softenerAny medication used to introduce water and/or fat to the contents of the patient's intestines, making those contents more likely to pass out in the feces.
- ducking stoolA chair used to punish women, especially scolds, by ducking them in water.
- passed a stoolsimple past and past participle of pass a stool
- passes a stoolthird-person singular simple present indicative of pass a stool: To defecate.
- passing a stoolpresent participle and gerund of pass a stool
- birth stoolAlternative form of birthstool: A special type of seat to provide balance and support during childbirth.
- finger-stoolSynonym of fingerstall: A protective cover for the finger; a fingercot.
- stool-ballAn old country game, similar in some respects to cricket and rounders, and chiefly played by young men or women at Eastertide.
- window stoolA horizontal board, usually made of wood, on a windowsill, fitted against the bottom rail of the lower sash.
- stool pigeonsplural of stool pigeon: A pigeon tied to a stool by a piece of twine, used as a decoy to entice free-flying birds to the ground to be shot or trapped.
- stool of repentanceSynonym of cuttystool (“seat in Scottish churches where offenders sat for public rebuke by the minister”).
- stool softenersplural of stool softener: Any medication used to introduce water and/or fat to the contents of the patient's intestines, making those contents more likely to pass out in the feces.
- cutty-stoolAlternative form of cuttystool: A low stool.
- queening stoolA low seat with an opening allowing the dominant partner to sit and receive oral sex from the submissive partner lying underneath.
- rocking stoolA rocking chair.
Compound words 25
- footstoolA low stool for supporting the feet while seated.
- toadstoolAny inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an amanita.
- cuttystoolA low stool.
- stoolmakingThe manufacture of stools.
- stepstoolA stool with built-in steps for climbing onto it, used for reaching high objects.
- birthstoolA special type of seat to provide balance and support during childbirth.
- campstoolA portable folding stool.
- closestoolAlternative form of close-stool: A chamber pot enclosed in a stool or box; a commode.
- destoolTo remove (a ruler) from power.
- enstoolTo install formally as chief.