Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

steamer chair

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables: steam-er chair
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A folding chair like a deck chair but sturdier, with wooden support rather than canvas.

Example Sentences

"Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local color) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs."

Etymology

steamer + chair

Inflected Forms

steamer chairs (plural)

Questions

What does steamer chair mean?: A folding chair like a deck chair but sturdier, with wooden support rather than canvas.
Where does steamer chair come from?: steamer + chair

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