"stepstool" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From step + stool.",
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      "form": "stepstools",
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        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "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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        "A stool with built-in steps for climbing onto it, used for reaching high objects."
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        [
          "stool",
          "stool"
        ],
        [
          "step",
          "step"
        ]
      ],
      "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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  "word": "stepstool"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From step + stool.",
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    {
      "word": "footstool"
    },
    {
      "word": "stepchair"
    },
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      "word": "step chair"
    },
    {
      "word": "step ladder"
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    {
      "word": "stepladder"
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  "word": "stepstool"
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