footstool
/ˈfʊtˌstuːl/
footstool noun: a low stool for supporting the feet while seated.
Noun
footstool (plural footstools)
- 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.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 183
- Anything trodden upon or treated as subservient.
- 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.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 21
footstool meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Sanskrit and Tagalog
footstool in Tamil
- பாதபீடிகை
footstool in Urdu
- موڑھا
footstool in Sanskrit
- footstool or cushion for the feet
- पादप pādapa
- footstool
- उपधान upadhā́na
footstool in Tagalog
- a low stool
- timbanin
More languagesFewer languages
- footstool in Indonesian
- sandaran kaki
Forms of footstool
| plural | footstools |
|---|---|
| alternative form | foot stool |
| alternative form | foot-stool |
Origin of footstool
From foot + stool.
Words formed from footstool
Questions about footstool
- What does footstool mean?
- Footstool means a low stool for supporting the feet while seated.
- What is footstool in Tamil?
- Footstool in Tamil is பாதபீடிகை. See Footstool meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is footstool?
- Footstool is a noun.
- How do you pronounce footstool?
- Footstool is pronounced /ˈfʊtˌstuːl/.
- What is the plural of footstool?
- The plural of footstool is footstools.
Words near footstool in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: footstool (page history and authors); footstool (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); footstool (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); उपधान (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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