ROCKING CHAIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rocking chair mean? 

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

1. a chair mounted on rockers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROCKING CHAIR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chair mounted on rockers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

rocker; rocking chair

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

chair (a seat for one person, with a support for the back)

Meronyms (parts of "rocking chair"):

rocker (a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro)

round; rung; stave (a crosspiece between the legs of a chair)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rocking chair"):

Boston rocker (a rocking chair that has a high spindle back and a decorative top panel)

platform rocker (rocking chair on a stationary base)

shoofly (a child's rocking chair with the seat built between two flat sides that are shaped to resemble an animal (such as a swan or duck))

 Context examples 

"I shall lie abed late, and do nothing," replied Meg, from the depths of the rocking chair.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)