stools

Tavern seating fixtures

Stools are seats without backs or arms, typically supported by three or four legs: bar stools, piano stools.

The word also refers to feces, especially in medical contexts: a stool sample, blood in the stool.

To fall between two stools is to fail by trying to satisfy competing alternatives.

seating

bar

Drinking establishment

swivel · perch · height · cushioned · wooden · metal · leather · adjustable · footrest · pub

medical

feces

Solid digestive waste

occult · blood · softener · culture · movement · constipation · diarrhea · colonoscopy · digestive · gastrointestinal

botanical

rootstock

Base for grafted plants

shoot · regrowth · stump · sprout · propagation · pruning · base · mother plant · willow · hazel

Categories
Opposites
seating height and support

stoolsrecliners

Adjustable-back seating

armchairs · thrones · easy chairs · wingback chairs · chaise longues

Phrases
Family

stool, barstool, footstool, step stool

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G