Definitions

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  • noun A stool with in-built steps for climbing onto it, used for reaching high objects.

Etymologies

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step +‎ stool

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Examples

  • Now he's learned how to move a stepstool or kitchen chair over to that counter so he can use it to climb up things (you should see how proud of himself he looks).

    "You bred raptors?" Tyler 2009

  • We have a “tower” which is kind of a stepstool with railings.

    » The Saga of the Step Stools Strocel.com 2009

  • October 5th, 2009 7: 32 pm ET ok boys, after this shot you can take away the stepstool.

    Beat 360° 10/5/09 2009

  • And you're on a stepstool and so when you realize the one piece you slipped on backwards is the part that anchors the whole thing together, that means the whole thing has to come apart.

    Amazing Race's Jaime and Cara: We Wouldn't Have U-Turned Kent and Vyxsin 2011

  • Now he's learned how to move a stepstool or kitchen chair over to that counter so he can use it to climb up things (you should see how proud of himself he looks).

    Archive 2009-03-29 Tyler 2009

  • He opens the door after a sharp rap and leans against the exam table, one lanky leg propped on the stepstool.

    Healer Carol Wiley Cassella 2010

  • Earl Cooley III , #53, I can get the battery out of the smoke alarm with my reacher, but I have to have someone else stand on the stepstool to put the new one in.

    Making Light: Power outage 2010

  • There was even a stepstool beside it so Rigg could climb up and in.

    Pathfinder Orson Scott Card 2010

  • As if I cannot, or have not on numerous occasions, dragged a stepstool into the kitchen, climbed the two short steps, pushed the jars and cartons back and got my hands on "The Box."

    Dora Levy Mossanen: The Chocolate Dilemma 2009

  • Someone who's never stood on a bath stepstool, wondering if the bottom half of her outfit is okay.

    Jodi Lampert: Short Like Me, Or, Thanks a Lot, Michelle! 2009

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