step stool

noun

: a stool with one or two steps that often fold away beneath the seat

Examples of step stool in a Sentence

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But with a step stool, getting to the top shelf is a breeze. Jordan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 3 Jan. 2025 Participants will learn the basics and create a wooden cutting board and step stool in five four-hour sessions. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2025 The hotel’s concern for parents extends to details like a lime-green plastic step stool at the marble bathroom sinks and matching plastic contraption hung from the faucet to bring water closer to a person of small stature. Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2024 The plan was to place it atop a makeshift pedestal—a step stool draped in a blue tablecloth—at the foot of the monument, to represent the Ukrainian flag. Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for step stool 

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of step stool was in 1946

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“Step stool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/step%20stool. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

step stool

noun
: a stool with one or two steps beneath the seat
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