What is another word for footstool?

Pronunciation: [fˈʊtstuːl] (IPA)

A footstool is a piece of furniture used for supporting the feet. The word "footstool" is a common term, but there are several synonyms that can be used to refer to this piece of furniture. Some alternatives to the word "footstool" include ottoman, pouf, hassock, footrest, foot support, foot rest, and foot cushion. Each of these words has a slightly different connotation, but they all refer to a piece of furniture designed to elevate the feet for comfort or to provide additional seating. Regardless of the word used, footstools are a valuable addition to any seating arrangement, providing comfort and support for tired feet.

Synonyms for Footstool:

What are the hypernyms for Footstool?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Footstool

He made also a footstool for the hurt ankle to rest upon, and found a beautiful lynx skin with which to cover her feet.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
No; it's a design for a footstool.
"Monsieur Cherami"
Charles Paul de Kock
"Dot Freeland," now said the Queen, in a solemn voice, "kneel down upon my footstool."
"Dot and Tot of Merryland"
L. Frank Baum

Famous quotes with Footstool

  • Christianity has not conquered nationalism; the opposite has been the case nationalism has made Christianity its footstool.
    Arthur Keith
  • Under the old dispensation, before the advent of science, when this little world was all, and the sun, moon, and stars were merely fixtures overhead to give light and warmth, the conception of a being adequate to create and control it all was easier. The storms were expressive of his displeasure, the heavens were his throne, and the earth was his footstool. But in the light of modern astronomy one finds himself looking in vain for the God of his fathers, the magnified man who ruled the ancient world. In his place we have an infinite and eternal Power whose expression is the visible universe, and to whom man is no more and no less than any other creature.
    John Burroughs
  • The rooms were confining, the windows minuscule, the ceilings perilously low. She could not have spent much money on the furnishings, which were shabby, threadbare, nicked, and splintered—I had seen better furniture abandoned at Montreal curbsides. But if her book-cases were humble, they were bowed under the weight of surprisingly many books—almost as many as there had been in the library of the Duncan and Crowley Estate back in Williams Ford. It seemed to me a treasure more estimable than any fine sofa or plush footstool, and worth all the rough economies surrounding it.
    Robert Charles Wilson
  • If the husband sits on a chair in the Garden of Eden, his wife is his footstool.
    Isaac Leib Peretz
  • Suffering, my son, is the fount of love. Suffering is the grace, the great grace, which our Father in heaven pours down upon us. For suffering gives men submissive hearts. He that does not suffer thinks that he stands upon a mighty rock which he himself has raised. He does not see his brother; he sees only himself. He believes in no one; he believes only in his own strength. His heart becomes a swamp which swarms with reptiles: pride, obstinacy, and self-love. And when his footstool is rolled away from under him, he sinks, together with all the reptiles, into the depths of hell. But he to whom God has granted suffering shall find his pains like ropes which bind him to his Father in heaven. His heart is awake to feel the pains of his brother in need. He sends afflictions upon you and makes you small on earth that you may be great in heaven.
    Sholem Asch

Related words: accent footstool, footstool bed, round footstool, best footstool, ottoman footstool, ottoman stool, ottoman table

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