stool

noun

Definition of stoolnext
as in feces

Related Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of stool Black could be licorice or blueberries, though a very dark, foul-smelling stool can flag intestine or liver issues. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Highlights from the collection include a green stool designed to mimic the thumbstick on the original Xbox controller. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2026 Black may follow black licorice or blueberries, though persistently dark, foul-smelling stool can point to intestinal or liver issues. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026 Ideal stool sits at Bristol types 3 and 4, described as smooth, sausage-shaped and easy to pass. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stool
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stool
  1. poop
  2. excrement
  3. dung
  4. soil
  5. night soil
  6. manure
  7. scat
  8. ordure
Noun
  • Another eight poop pieces were behind the front counter, on the floor around reach-in coolers and cabinets.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Determining which loss is worse, or more embarrassing, is like asking which piece of dog poop tastes better.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of poop
Noun
  • Last December at the Ichimi in Coral Gables, an inspector counted 500 pieces of roach excrement.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Police also said there was dog excrement in both of the children’s bedrooms, according to the documents.
    — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of excrement
Noun
  • In southern India, for example, villagers are allowing – and even paying – herders to use their land in exchange for dung, the natural fertilizer that farmers need to produce higher-value organic crops.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Behind the cookline equipment, the rodent dung shared space with 20 dead roaches.
    — David J. Neal July 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Definition of dung
Noun
  • Black chokeberry does well in moist, slightly acidic soils and partial shade, but can grow well in various environments.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Authorities also have said that multiple water and soil tests in Gospic came out negative for contamination.
    — Darko Bandic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of soil
Noun
  • This strategy became necessary after an errant tomato plant sprouted from a visitor's night soil back in the 1960s.
    — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The night soil temperatures are not ideal to put them out yet.
    — oregonlive, oregonlive, 1 May 2021
Definition of night soil
Noun
  • Cattle manure from a Nebraska feedlot is set to become a source of renewable natural gas under a project that could also support fuel production for ships.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Mixing in compost or aged manure improves water retention and nutrient availability.
    — Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of manure
Noun
  • The researchers also note any other signs of bear activity in the area, such as footprints, scat or a sighting of a live bear.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Amaroq Weiss, senior wolf advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity, questioned the methodology, saying researchers collected scat only along roads and trails while excluding brushy areas where wolves may eat smaller prey.
    — Scott Lebar. Story produced with AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 15 July 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

Browse Nearby Words

stooges
stool
stoolie
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Stool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stool. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

Copy Citation

More from Merriam-Webster on stool

Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about stool

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of loath

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Why do we use apostrophes to show possession?

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary

Words from the 'Odyssey'

Ye Olde Nincompoop: Old-Fashioned Words for 'Stupid'

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of
See More

Popular

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
anagrams on a chalk board
Word Builder Quiz Vol. 2 Pick the letter that when added to a word will ma...
See All