stool

noun

Definition of stoolnext
as in feces

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Recent Examples of stool Doctors can also do lab tests on a stool sample, but diagnosing an infection with cyclospora requires a specific molecular test that isn’t always included in routine stool cultures. — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026 During the course of the argument, Lahey also accused the homeowner of stealing the home from his grandmother and threw a stool at him, prosecutors wrote in a motion seeking to deny pretrial release. — Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026 Post up on a stool at the counter, or eat your meal at a table. — Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026 Soluble fiber, which dissolves in water, feeds gut bacteria and softens stool, whereas insoluble fiber adds bulk to stool and aids regular bowel movements. — Jillian Kubala, HEALTH, 4 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 seven poop pellets sat in a cabinet drawer under the front counter cash register.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Clean up dog poop promptly; keep up with veterinary care and parasite prevention; and clean the bowls, bedding, crates, and toys of a pet being treated for giardia.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of poop
Noun
  • One was on a quarternary dispenser over the three-compartment sink next to roach excrement.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026
  • This ancient excrement helps illustrate how and when animal life began to truly diversify on the planet.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of excrement
Noun
  • Behind the cookline equipment, the rodent dung shared space with 20 dead roaches.
    — David J. Neal July 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of dung
Noun
  • Officials had to reset Buffalo’s play clock in the first quarter so umpire Tab Slaughter could smash down loose soil in the backfield.
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Add the impacts of climate change, which have resulted in warmer springs and drier soils that reduce runoff into the reservoirs, and average or above-average rainfall no longer guarantees equivalent runoff.
    — Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 16 Aug. 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
  • Synthetic fertilizers are more likely to cause fertilizer burn than applications of aged manure, compost, or organic fertilizers.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Hand weeding, rototilling, regrading to fill low spots, adding soil enhancements (manure) and finally seeding and watering.
    — DP Opinion, Denver Post, 2 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

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