Footstool

//ˈfʊtˌstuːl// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A low stool for supporting the feet while seated.

    "In Christianity, the world is called the footstool of Christ; in this Sumerian vision, the awakened body would be called the bed of the Queen of Heaven."

  2. 2
    a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person wordnet
  3. 3
    Anything trodden upon or treated as subservient. figuratively

    "Thereafter, when I have eaten and drunken and made merry in my royal palace at Carcë, I will sail with my armies over the teeming deep to many-mountained Demonland. And it shall be my footstool, and these other Demons the slaves of me, yea, and the slaves of my slaves."

Synonyms

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footrestottomanpoufpoufstooltuffet

Example

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"Go ahead and put your feet up on the footstool."

Etymology

From foot + stool.

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