"stepstool" meaning in All languages combined

See stepstool on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: stepstools [plural]
Etymology: From step + stool. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|step|stool}} step + stool Head templates: {{en-noun}} stepstool (plural stepstools)
  1. A stool with built-in steps for climbing onto it, used for reaching high objects. Related terms: footstool, stepchair, step chair, step ladder, stepladder Translations (a stool with built-in steps): Schebbalkje [neuter] (Plautdietsch)

Inflected forms

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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From step + stool.",
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          "ref": "2009 July 29, Charles Mcgrath, “An Author Without Borders”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "His bibliography so far includes nine novels, including “Europe Central,” which won the National Book Award in 2005; three collections of stories; a seven-volume, 3,000-page history of violence; a book-length essay on poverty; and a travel book about hopping freight trains, a hobby of his even though his balance is so bad that he has to use a plastic bucket as a stepstool.",
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        [
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        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "footstool"
        },
        {
          "word": "stepchair"
        },
        {
          "word": "step chair"
        },
        {
          "word": "step ladder"
        },
        {
          "word": "stepladder"
        }
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          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "a stool with built-in steps",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "Schebbalkje"
        }
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From step + stool.",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "word": "stepchair"
    },
    {
      "word": "step chair"
    },
    {
      "word": "step ladder"
    },
    {
      "word": "stepladder"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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          "step",
          "step"
        ]
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        "neuter"
      ],
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    }
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}

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