"rocking stool" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rocking stools [plural]
Rhymes: -uːl Etymology: A calque of German Schaukelstuhl. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|de|Schaukelstuhl|nocap=1}} calque of German Schaukelstuhl Head templates: {{en-noun}} rocking stool (plural rocking stools)
  1. A rocking chair. Categories (topical): Chairs
    Sense id: en-rocking_stool-en-noun-vOEJOXoi Disambiguation of Chairs: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rocking, stool.
    Sense id: en-rocking_stool-en-noun-GpufuA0A

Inflected forms

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