A stool that is used for sitting which is often taller than a chair and usually with a foot rest and commonly placed in bars and in front of kitchencounters.
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Other Word Forms of Bar-stool
Noun
Singular:
bar-stool
Plural:
bar-stools
Bar-stool Sentence Examples
He sat on the bar stool next to her.
Only I'll already be sitting there on a bar stool.
In Hawaii I kept a good lookout from the bar stool of the Hawaii Yacht Club.
As one commentator put it, the US and UK look as tho they are preaching temperance from a bar stool.