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RECLINING CHAIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reclining chair mean? 

RECLINING CHAIR (noun)
  The noun RECLINING CHAIR has 1 sense:

1. an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in itplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


RECLINING CHAIR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

lounger; recliner; reclining chair

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

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


 Context examples 


With a shrill cry of anger a man rose from a reclining chair beside the fire.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She threw open a door as she spoke, and there, in a reclining chair at the further end of the room, we caught a glimpse of a figure all lumped together, huge and shapeless, with tails of black hair hanging down.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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