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taboret

taboret

9.9
A low round stool people use as a small seat or stand
  • noun
  • /ˈtæbəˌrɛt/
translation icon : taburete
  • The roll of parchment that rests on the taboret furthers the painting's appeal to a patron of either sex, for a partially revealed document that tells of the sitter's achievements was a common trope in eighteenth-century portraiture.

Examples

  • She placed her drink on the taboret next to her chair.

  • Yet incongruous signs of opulence abound in features such as the velvet-upholstered taboret, in the current style of Louis XVI, and, most dramatically, Labille-Guiard's attire.

    Academic text (2007)
  • It's on the taboret in the hallway.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • I rushed with the plate back to the kitchen and then doubled back to Short Papa, and sat down beside him on a little taboret that we use for sitting on.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Recordings of Brahms's four symphonies were stacked on a taboret.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • He loves to sit on the taboret while reading his favorite book.

  • The artist used the taboret to hold her paints and brushes during the creative session.

Synonyms

barstool
vstaboret
15 2.3

A tall seat used at a bar or high counter, often with a footrest and no back

is low and drum-shaped rather than tall and for counters
high stool
vstaboret
1 3.5

A tall seat without a back used at a bar or kitchen counter

is low in height and drum-shaped rather than tall for raised surfaces
tuffet
vstaboret
  • Archaic
1 9.1

A small clump of grass or a low seat close to the ground

is a low drum-shaped seat used indoors as a small stand
music stool
vstaboret
3.2

A seat without a back that piano players sit on

is lower and drum-shaped rather than adjustable for musicians
campstool
vstaboret
3.9

A small light seat that folds for camping

is a solid indoor drum-shaped seat rather than a portable camping seat

How Comfortable

recliner
18 3.1
armchair
42 1.0
chair
1.0
taboret
9.9
stool
95 1.0

Surface Forms

taboret singular
taborets plural

Etymology

Taboret comes from the French tabouret, which is a small version of tabour that means 'drum'. The stool is often round like a drum, so taboret became the name for a low, drum-shaped seat or small stand.