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Footstool

Noun CEFR B2
ˈfʊtˌstuːl

Definitions

  1. A low stool for supporting the feet while seated.
  2. Anything trodden upon or treated as subservient.
    figuratively

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Examples

“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.”
“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Footstools footstrike footsweep footswitch footvolley footwalk

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