Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elbow chair

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables: el-bow chair
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chair with long armrests for the elbows.

Example Sentences

"she was forc'd to go through the whole Operation of a Flux in an old Elbow-Chair which was plac'd just under the Jack, in the Kitchin."
"[…] Miss Vernon, seating herself majestically in a huge elbow-chair in the library, like a judge about to hear a cause of importance, signed to me to take a chair opposite to her, […]"
"The reference library itself proclaimed the substance of the city with its solid elbow chairs and long mahogany tables, grooved along the edge to hold a pen, and in the centre of each table a massive pewter inkwell."

Inflected Forms

elbow chairs (plural) elbowchair (alternative) elbow-chair (alternative)

Questions

What does elbow chair mean?: A chair with long armrests for the elbows.

How to pronounce elbow chair

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