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stool

noun

Definition of stool

as in feces

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Recent Examples of stool Take an evening class A local yoga, Zumba, or strength class gives you a structured, social outlet in the same time slot happy hour usually occupies, trading the bar stool for a mat or a mirror. — Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026 Diagnosis of this specific illness requires a stool sample, the Shiawassee County officials said. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 1 July 2026 Prune juice contains sorbitol, which draws water into the colon, increasing stool volume and softening its consistency. — Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 1 July 2026 Add a bench or a stool for sitting while putting on or taking off shoes. — Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for stool

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Noun

To capture the absurdity of OSHA’s influence, Tremaine pointed to how in Season 1 Steve-O jumped off a ladder into a kiddie pool filled with elephant poop.

— Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 2 July 2026
Mouse poop is usually left in a trail along the rodent's path, while guano is found in piles under roosting spots.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 July 2026

Definition of poop

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Nutrient inputs include decaying leaf litter and bird excrement that are deposited in the pool directly, along with fertilizer runoff and sewage, which enters the Potomac River and the Tidal Basin.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 June 2026
Approximately 3 roach excrement droppings inside of soap dispenser.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026

Definition of excrement

Noun

When not elbow-deep in dino dung or outrunning raptors, Laura Dern's heartfelt performance in Jurassic Park shows why women really deserve to inherit the Earth — and all of the acting awards.

— Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
The team ended up with a jar of elephant dung scent.

— RJ Mackenzie, Popular Science, 11 June 2026

Definition of dung

Noun

The family fought for three hours last July Fourth to stay alive after more than a summer’s worth of rain fell overnight on bone-dry soil, pushing the waterway from about 3 feet to 30 feet in just 45 minutes.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
The animals damage agricultural land, consume native vegetation, contribute to soil erosion and compete with livestock for forage.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026

Definition of soil

Noun

When replanting a shrub or turfgrass, add compost or aged manure to the area to improve the soil’s fertility, structure, and drainage.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
The club is located in Lancaster County, surrounded by chicken and dairy farms that give off a pungent odor of fermenting feed and manure.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026

Definition of manure

Noun

Be alert and watch for fresh tracks, scat, and feeding sites.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 10 June 2026
The performing community challenged that notion, tracing the scat-singing and gesticulations to earlier artists including Black jazz performer Baby Esther Jones and cabaret entertainer Florence Mills.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026

Definition of scat

Noun

On the face of it, packing the ordure of millions into open-air mounds is a terrible approach to a more livable planet, particularly in a part of the world where scavengers don’t comb through them for every salable scrap.

— Curbed, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2022
My group first watched a video, which explained that the plant’s effluent would be released into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, a thirty-mile-long waterway built in the late nineteenth century to rid the city of its ordure.

— Elizabeth Kolbert, The New York Review of Books, 9 Feb. 2022

Definition of ordure

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