DEATH CHAIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does death chair mean? 

• DEATH CHAIR (noun)
  The noun DEATH CHAIR has 1 sense:

1. an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person

  Familiarity information: DEATH CHAIR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEATH CHAIR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chair; death chair; electric chair; hot seat

Context example:

the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair

Hypernyms ("death chair" is a kind of...):

instrument of execution (an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person)