Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wing chair

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables: wing chair
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chair with a high back from which project small side pieces, originally to protect from draught

Example Sentences

"He draped himself grotesquely in his toweling bathrobe and a pink and white couch-cover, and sat lumpishly in a wing-chair."

Inflected Forms

wing chairs (plural)

Synonyms

ear chair grandfather chair wingback chair

Questions

What does wing chair mean?: A chair with a high back from which project small side pieces, originally to protect from draught

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