Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: stool
IPA transcription: [st'ul]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: stool
    Meaning: a simple seat without a back or arms
Usage examples
  • I returned to my stool.
  • The lawyer looked up from his writing, and smiled at the figure on the high stool.
  • A boy of fifteen sat on a high stool at an old oak desk, and watched the snow falling in the street.
  • He was on his stool in a jiffy; driving away with his pen, as if he were trying to overtake nine o'clock.
  • He was on his stool in a jiffy, driving away with his pen, as if he were trying to overtake nine o'clock.
  • The "Kid's" furniture consisted of a pair of steel hand-cuffs, steel shackles for his legs, a stool, and a cot.
  • That evening the magic stool flew so unsteadily that they could hardly keep their seats, and at last the fairy exclaimed:
  • Their sister Eliza sat on a little stool of plate glass, and had a book full of pictures which had cost as much as half a kingdom.
  • And, the outside world offering so few attractions, the worker, perched on his stool, feels that he is not so badly off after all.
  • Dorani bowed her head silently as she took the lute, and passed with the fairy out of the great gate, where the stool awaited them.