EASY CHAIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does easy chair mean? 

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

1. a comfortable upholstered armchair

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EASY CHAIR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A comfortable upholstered armchair

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

easy chair; lounge chair; overstuffed chair

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

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

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

wing chair (easy chair having wings on each side of a high back)

 Context examples 

Father's best books found their way there, Mother's easy chair, Jo's desk, Amy's finest sketches, and every day Meg brought her babies on a loving pilgrimage, to make sunshine for Aunty Beth.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Early in the morning, before it was quite light, and when nobody was stirring in the inn, Chanticleer awakened his wife, and, fetching the egg, they pecked a hole in it, ate it up, and threw the shells into the fireplace: they then went to the pin and needle, who were fast asleep, and seizing them by the heads, stuck one into the landlord’s easy chair and the other into his handkerchief; and, having done this, they crept away as softly as possible.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Yes, just as much good as it would do a man tired of sitting still in a too easy chair to take a long walk: and just as natural was the wish to stir, under my circumstances, as it would be under his.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

So Meg gave her the easy chair and tried to entertain her, while she asked questions, criticized everything, and told stories of the people whom she knew.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Bless me! said he, all the world seems to have a design against my head this morning: and so saying, he threw himself sulkily into his easy chair; but, oh dear! the needle ran into him; and this time the pain was not in his head.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Meg stopped lecturing, and lighted the lamp, Amy got out of the easy chair without being asked, and Jo forgot how tired she was as she sat up to hold the slippers nearer to the blaze.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Laurie, my lad, if you ever want to indulge in this sort of thing, get one of those little girls to help you, and I shall be perfectly satisfied, said Mr. Laurence, settling himself in his easy chair to rest after the excitement of the morning.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It was past two, when Jo, who stood at the window thinking how dreary the world looked in its winding sheet of snow, heard a movement by the bed, and turning quickly, saw Meg kneeling before their mother's easy chair with her face hidden.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

While making these maternal inquiries Mrs. March got her wet things off, her warm slippers on, and sitting down in the easy chair, drew Amy to her lap, preparing to enjoy the happiest hour of her busy day.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The moment Aunt March took her nap, or was busy with company, Jo hurried to this quiet place, and curling herself up in the easy chair, devoured poetry, romance, history, travels, and pictures like a regular bookworm.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)