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SIDE CHAIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does side chair mean? 

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

1. a straight-backed chair without armsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SIDE CHAIR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A straight-backed chair without arms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

side chair; straight chair

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "side chair"):

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

splat (a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair)

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

Windsor chair (straight chair having a shaped seat and a back of many spindles)


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