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   stool

   /stuːl/

   noun

   • 1. a seat without a back or arms, typically resting on three or four legs or on a single pedestal.
   • 2. a piece of faeces: "fibre in the child's diet will soften the stools"
   • 3. a root or stump of a tree or plant from which shoots spring.
   • 4. a decoy bird in hunting. US

   verb

   • 1. (of a plant) throw up shoots from the root.
   • ▪ cut back (a plant) to or near ground level in order to induce new growth.

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

   Scrabble Points: 5

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