barstool

American  

[bahr-stool] / ˈbɑrˌstul /

noun

• barstools
  plural

1. a stool or seat, usually high and having a round, cushioned top, of a type often used for seating customers at a bar.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• barstools
  plural

Etymology

Origin of barstool

bar ¹ + stool

Example Sentences

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To the extent this was true, whatever intelligence he was able to collect on a barstool in Hong Kong paled in comparison to his boots getting muddy in China.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025

“Baby Reindeer” began as a 2019 solo stage play with a barstool standing in for Martha.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024

If you prefer your drink in a pint glass rather than a can, pull up a barstool at The Butcher’s Dog.

From National Geographic ● Apr. 16, 2023

During the gunfire, Wennerstrom first shielded other patrons and then used a barstool to smash out a window, allowing many to escape.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2022

“What’s your name, Alex?” he says to me, sliding off the barstool.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

A tavern’s open door to my right revealed a line of patrons perched atop barstools, their backs to the open door, watching a TV showing the eclipse nearing totality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

On June 2, those workers will sit beneath iPhones hung overhead to record them while observers are positioned on barstools a few inches behind them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

There is something bigger than beer brewing at the Francis Kite Club, a new haunt in the East Village whose artists hold performances, shape its programming and debate politics from their barstools.

From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2024

They replaced the windows, added new barstools and moved the furnace to increase and space out interior seating.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2021

The Depression made itself known to Lefty by a growing number of empty barstools.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides