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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 it
Familiarity information: RECLINING CHAIR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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