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STOOL/stuːl/

A stool is a seat with no back and no arms, often with three or four legs, used at a kitchen counter or a piano. Countable: a stool, stools. A chair has a back; a bench is long for more than one person. Mix-up: stool vs school (where you learn) — extra ch, extra l; and stool vs tool (an instrument).

Meaning

A seat with no back and no arms, often with three or four legs.

Examples

• “Sit on this stool at the counter.”
• “The piano stool is too low for her.”
• “Do not stand on the kitchen stool.”

Good to know

a stool (no back). Contrast: chair (back), bench (long). Mix-up: school, tool.

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