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stool

/sˈtuːl/STOOL
/sˈtul/STOOL

Meaninga seat, a throne

Common meaning: a seat without a back

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishstol‘a seat,a throne’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishstoolsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa seat,a throne → a seat without a backstool‘a seat without a back’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English stol ‘a seat, a throne’.

Roots

  • stol Old English “a seat, a throne”

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