Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

close-stool

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables: close-s-tool
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chamber pot enclosed in a stool or box; a commode.

Example Sentences

"other Princes, […] to dispatch their weightiest affaires make often their close stoole, their regall Throne or Councel-chamber"
"[…] be careful and diligent to all strangers, and see that they lack nothing in their Chambers, which your Mistress or Lady will allow, and that your close stools and Chamber pots be duely emptied, and kept clean and sweet."
"[…] being apprised of their ambush, I got home another way, and by the help of my landlord’s apprentice, emptied a close stool out of the garret window, which did great execution upon them […]"
""No more midnight treks to the outhouse. No more close-stools or thundermugs a feature of even the most exalted houses in Armethalieh.""

Etymology

From Middle English close stol, equivalent to close (“enclosed”, adjective) + stool.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: close stol

Inflected Forms

close-stools (plural) close stoole (alternative) close stool (alternative) closestool (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

close chair

Questions

What does close-stool mean?: A chamber pot enclosed in a stool or box; a commode.
Where does close-stool come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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