Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arm-chair

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English

Syllables: ar-m-chair
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dated form of armchair.

Dated

Example Sentences

"A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire."

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

arm-chairs (plural)

Questions

What does arm-chair mean?: Dated form of armchair.

How to pronounce arm-chair

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