"footstool" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfʊtˌstuːl/ Forms: footstools [plural]
Etymology: From foot + stool. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|foot|stool}} foot + stool Head templates: {{en-noun}} footstool (plural footstools)
  1. A low stool for supporting the feet while seated. Categories (topical): Furniture Translations (a low stool): voetstoel (Afrikaans), skabel (Afrikaans), voetbankie (Afrikaans), stofie (Afrikaans), ὑποπόδιον (hupopódion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), σφέλας (sphélas) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), θρῆνυς (thrênus) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), reposapeus [masculine] (Catalan), escambell [masculine] (Catalan), 腳凳 (Chinese Cantonese), 脚凳 (english: goek³ dang³) (Chinese Cantonese), 腳台 (jiǎotái) (Chinese Mandarin), 腳凳 (Chinese Mandarin), 脚凳 (jiǎodèng) (Chinese Mandarin), podnožka [feminine] (Czech), fodskammel [common-gender] (Danish), skammel [common-gender] (Danish), voetbankje [neuter] (Dutch), piedbenketo (Esperanto), skabelo (Esperanto), jalajäri (Estonian), rahi (Finnish), jalkajakkara (Finnish), repose-pied [masculine] (French), Schemel [masculine] (German), Fußbank [feminine] (German), 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (fōtubaurd) [neuter] (Gothic), υποπόδιο (ypopódio) [neuter] (Greek), הדום \ הֲדוֹם (hadóm) [masculine] (Hebrew), zsámoly (Hungarian), fótskemill [masculine] (Icelandic), fótaskemill [masculine] (Icelandic), skemill [masculine] (Icelandic), sandaran kaki (Indonesian), sgabello [masculine] (Italian), poggiapiedi [masculine] (Italian), 足載せ台 (ashinosedai) (alt: あしのせだい) (Japanese), scabellum [neuter] (Latin), ко́клица (kóklica) [feminine] (Macedonian), табуре́тка (taburétka) [feminine] (Macedonian), tūrangawaewae (Maori), schamel (Middle English), krakk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), krakk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), պատուանդան (patuandan) (Old Armenian), fōtsċamol [masculine] (Old English), sċamol [masculine] (Old English), skemill [masculine] (Old Norse), podnóżek [masculine] (Polish), escabelo [masculine] (Portuguese), скаме́ечка для ног (skaméječka dlja nog) [feminine] (Russian), подста́вка для ног (podstávka dlja nog) [feminine] (Russian), reposapiés [masculine] (Spanish), escabel [masculine] (Spanish), kibao [class-7, class-8] (Swahili), fotpall [common-gender] (Swedish), timbanin (Tagalog), 𐎅𐎄𐎎 (hdm) (Ugaritic)
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  2. (figurative) Anything trodden upon or treated as subservient. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-footstool-en-noun-eZDG4SML
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: foot stool, foot-stool Related terms: stepstool

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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "a low stool",
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          "word": "escabelo"
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          "word": "скаме́ечка для ног"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "a low stool",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "a low stool",
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      "sense": "a low stool",
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      "sense": "a low stool",
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      "sense": "a low stool",
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      "sense": "a low stool",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎodèng",
      "sense": "a low stool",
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "podnožka"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fodskammel"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "skammel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "voetbankje"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "word": "piedbenketo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "word": "skabelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "word": "jalajäri"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "word": "rahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "word": "jalkajakkara"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "repose-pied"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schemel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fußbank"
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    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "fōtubaurd",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypopódio",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "υποπόδιο"
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      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
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      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ὑποπόδιον"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "sphélas",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "σφέλας"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "thrênus",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "θρῆνυς"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hadóm",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הדום \\ הֲדוֹם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "word": "zsámoly"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fótskemill"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fótaskemill"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skemill"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "word": "sandaran kaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sgabello"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poggiapiedi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あしのせだい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ashinosedai",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "word": "足載せ台"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "scabellum"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kóklica",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ко́клица"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "taburétka",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "табуре́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "word": "tūrangawaewae"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "word": "schamel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krakk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krakk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fōtsċamol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sċamol"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skemill"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "podnóżek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escabelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skaméječka dlja nog",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скаме́ечка для ног"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podstávka dlja nog",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подста́вка для ног"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reposapiés"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8"
      ],
      "word": "kibao"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fotpall"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "word": "timbanin"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "hdm",
      "sense": "a low stool",
      "word": "𐎅𐎄𐎎"
    }
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  ],
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}

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