MORRIS CHAIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Morris chair mean? 

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

1. an armchair with an adjustable back

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MORRIS CHAIR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An armchair with an adjustable back

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

armchair (chair with a support on each side for arms)

 Context examples 

As he caught her hands and led her to the Morris chair he noticed how cold they were.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Once in his rooms, he dropped into a Morris chair and sat staring straight before him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He went back to the hotel gladly, with a feeling of satisfaction in that the comfortable Morris chair was waiting for him; and he groaned inwardly, on entering his room, at sight of Joe in the Morris chair.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Though a stranger in the house he finally isolated himself in the midst of the company, huddling into a capacious Morris chair and reading steadily from a thin volume he had drawn from his pocket.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)