Sill vs. Stool
Sillnoun
(architecture) (also window sill) A horizontal slat which forms the base of a window.
'She looked out the window resting her elbows on the window sill.';
Stoolnoun
A seat for one person without a back or armrest, particularly:
(construction) A horizontal, structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings or lying on the ground in earth-fast construction and bearing the upright portion of a frame. Also called a ground plate, groundsill, sole, sole-plate, mudsill. An interrupted sill fits between posts instead of being below and supporting the posts in timber framing.
A footstool.
(geology) A horizontal layer of igneous rock between older rock beds.
A seat; a seat with a back; a chair.
A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
Throne.
(anatomy) A raised area at the base of the nasal aperture in the skull.
'the nasal sill';
(horticulture) A plant that has been cut down until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
The inner edge of the bottom of an embrasure.
(obsolete) A seat used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot, commode, outhouse seat, or toilet.
(UK) A young herring.
Feces, excrement.
The shaft or thill of a carriage.
A production of feces or excrement, an act of defecation, stooling: a shit.
The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom, and the like.
(archaic) A decoy.
(nautical) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the deadeyes of the backstays.
A young herring.
Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.
structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.
(geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock
Stoolverb
To produce stool: to defecate.
(horticulture) To cut down (a plant) until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
(agriculture) To ramify; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.
A single seat with three or four legs and without a back, made in various forms for various uses.
A seat used in evacuating the bowels; hence, an evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.
A stool pigeon, or decoy bird.
A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays.
A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool.
A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a footstool; as, a kneeling stool.
To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.
a simple seat without a back or arms
solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
(forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings
a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
lure with a stool, as of wild fowl
react to a decoy, of wildfowl
grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
have a bowel movement;
'The dog had made in the flower beds';