stool
part of speech
noun (stool, stools)
meaning for a pupil
1) A stool is a seat with legs but no back and usually no arms. tree →
2) A footstool is a low stool for resting your feet or standing on to reach. tree →
3) In medicine, stool is a polite word for poo. tree →
4) A fire-stool was an old word for a small iron stand or pan holding burning coals for warmth. tree →
sense in the lessons
Everyday life and safety: in kitchens and classrooms you might stand on a step stool to reach high shelves — only on a steady one, with an adult nearby, never on a wobbly stool or swivel chair. In science labs there are tall lab stools. Doctors and nurses say «stool» for poo when checking health. Phrases: bar stool, piano stool, step stool, footstool, three-legged stool.
examples
- I sat on a stool at the kitchen counter. tree →
- Use the step stool to reach the top shelf. tree →
- The piano stool can go up and down. tree →
- A three-legged stool does not wobble on bumpy ground. tree →
- Grandpa rested his feet on a footstool. tree →
- We each sat on a lab stool in science. tree →
- The doctor asked for a stool sample. tree →
- At length the last passenger made her appearance,--old Mother DECEMBER, with her fire-stool. tree →
note
Countable: a stool, two stools. Interesting maths/science fact: a three-legged stool always stands steadily, because three points always lie on one flat surface; a four-legged one can wobble. Do not stand on stools with wheels.
In the corpora
- Standing on chairs, buckets or furniture that wobble causes many falls at home, so use a proper step stool.
- Climb only on a steady step stool, never on a chair with wheels or the counter edge.
- To reach a high cupboard, use a steady step stool or ask someone tall, never a wheeled chair or the counter edge.
- Tall shelves can tip if climbed, so use the step stool or ask the librarian.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «stool» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.