stool

noun

Definition of stoolnext
as in feces

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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
  • By the second callback inspection, the rodents had left, the inspector saw no poop pellets and Seph reopened.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Franklin was even humping someone, while Bodhi was covertly trying to eat his own poop.
    — Mimi Montgomery, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of poop
Noun
  • 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
  • The inspector counted over 15 pieces of roach excrement under the three-compartment sink, and 20 on the front counter floor.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 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
  • After about a month of consistently moist soil in a warm place with bright, indirect light, your chrysanthemum cutting should be rooted.
    — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Stronger downdraft winds and loose, dry soil can impact how much dust is lifted into the air.
    — Brandi D. Addison, AZCentral.com, 30 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
  • Traditional wool LCAs tally greenhouse gases, including methane from sheep digestion and nitrous oxide from manure and urine.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Unloading began the following evening but progressed slowly, and only the fish manure and oil drums ended up being unloaded.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 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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