footstool

[US]/'fʊtstuːl/
[UK]/'fʊt'stʊl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a small stool used to support the feet

Example Sentences

She propped her feet up on the footstool while watching TV.

The footstool matches the armchair perfectly.

He used the footstool as a makeshift table.

The footstool is made of sturdy wood.

I like to sit with my feet on the footstool.

The footstool doubles as a storage unit.

She reupholstered the footstool with a colorful fabric.

The footstool collapsed under his weight.

The footstool can be adjusted to different heights.

He rested his tired feet on the footstool after a long day.

Real-world Examples

So, we're gonna give her a footstool.

Source: Popular Science Essays

You too might lob a footstool just to scare it.

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2020 Collection

And he used the extinct volcano as a footstool.

Source: The Little Prince

She went across to him, sat on a footstool, and looked up in his face.

Source: Returning Home

" Why, if it ain't your footstool" !

Source: Great Expectations (Original Version)

35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.

Source: Bible (original version)

'With your feet in that puddle for a regal footstool!

Source: The South and the North (Part 1)

" I AM tired, " said Sara, dropping on to the lopsided footstool.

Source: The Little Princess (Original Version)

The little girl from India was sitting on a big footstool looking on.

Source: The Secret Garden (Original Version)

She took the cat off his knee and put it down on a footstool.

Source: The Gadfly (Original Version)

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