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DictionarystoolBackless seat
noun

stool

STOOL/stuːl/

A seat without a back or arms.

A plain wooden stool stands beside the workbench.

A single plain wooden stool with a round seat and four sturdy legs, clearly without any back or arms, beside a simple modern workbench.
Etymology
stoolOld Englishseat for one person

The ancestral word meant a seat for one person and could even name a throne. As chair gained ground, stool became restricted mainly to smaller seats without backs or arms.

In context

Footprints of The Frontier15:18
you might be inclined to pull out the bar stool in front of you and take a seat at the counter
What Were Wild West Saloons ACTUALLY Like?

More examples

  • Three wooden stools stood beside the workbench.
  • He rested one foot on a low stool.
  • The artist painted while sitting on a tall stool.

Forms

stool · stools

Similar words

chair
Usually includes a back and may include arms.
bench
A bench usually seats several people and may have a back.