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ELECTRIC CHAIR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does electric chair mean?
• ELECTRIC CHAIR (noun)
The noun ELECTRIC CHAIR has 1 sense:
1. an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
Familiarity information: ELECTRIC CHAIR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("electric chair" is a kind of...):
instrument of execution (an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person)
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