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# footrest

noun (a footrest, footrests)

«footrest» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Something you rest your feet on while sitting, like a small stool or a bar on a chair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footrest/#m1)
2. A part on a bike, wheelchair, motorbike or pushchair where feet go. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footrest/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in everyday life about comfortable sitting at a desk, on a sofa, in a car or in a wheelchair. In health lessons a footrest helps you sit with good posture when your feet do not reach the floor.

### Examples

- My feet don't touch the floor, so I use a footrest at my desk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footrest/#x1)
- Grandpa puts his feet on the footrest after a long walk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footrest/#x2)
- The wheelchair has two footrests that fold up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footrest/#x3)
- The dentist's chair has a soft footrest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footrest/#x4)
- Keep your feet on the footrests of the motorbike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footrest/#x5)
- We used an old box as a footrest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footrest/#x6)

### Note

Countable; one word. Also «footstool» for a small low seat for the feet.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «footrest» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footrest/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«footrest» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/footrest.html) on Mova free.