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footstool

[foot-stool] / ˈfʊtˌstul /
NOUN
footrest
Synonyms


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If you’re in an exit row, you might also have enough space to place a small inflatable footstool like the one from Sunany available on Amazon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

Dodge that footstool on your way to this week’s Slate News Quiz.

From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2023

Lanoba’s first sale was a footstool to a psychologist in Manhattan, which Balderskilde delivered to the buyer’s office.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

And although a delivery team called saying they had his footstool, they knew nothing about the missing part of the corner suite.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2021

She makes her way to her chair and footstool, turns, lowers herself, lands ungracefully.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

The sixth floor, devoted to shipping, features footstools made from moving blankets.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2022

But before the aliens arrive, in the form of cute little furry “pouffes” that resemble comfy footstools, we get to know Su and Jack.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 30, 2020

Sheldrake visits a factory that turns fungal networks into furniture — footstools instead of toadstools.

From New York Times ● May 27, 2020

Everybody stands on footstools around the maple-wood prep table to gain the leverage needed to make dough in big stainless-steel bowls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2018

It was stuffy and cluttered, yet nobody could say it was uncomfortable; there were soft chairs and footstools, drinks and books, boxes of chocolates and plump cushions.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling


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