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Definition: Easy Chair |
Easy ChairNoun1. A comfortable upholstered armchair. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Personal Care & Hotels | A fully upholstered arm chair with high or low back, having wooden legs. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Easy ChairSynonyms: lounge chair (n), overstuffed chair (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: easy-chair (personal care & hotels). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Repose | Lie down; recline, recline on a bed of down, recline on an easy chair; go to rest, go to bed, go to sleep. |
Support | Seat, throne, dais; divan, musnud; chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall; arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair; couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench; aparejo, faldstool, horn; long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair; lamba chauki, lamba kursi; saddle, pannel, pillion; side saddle, pack saddle; pommel. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Easy Chair |
| English words defined with "easy chair": wing chair. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "easy chair": club chair. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Franklin | The discontented man finds no easy chair. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
easy chair | 37 |
graco easy chair high chair | 3 |
graco easy chair | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "easy chair"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kolltuk (armchair, Chesterfield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مقعد مريح. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | фотьойл (armchair), кресло (armchair, lounge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | lenoška (armchair), křeslo (armchair, chair, elbow chair, seat, stall). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lepotuoli, laiskanlinna. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fauteuil rembourré. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sessel (arm chair, arm chairs, armchair, chair). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שפת" (armchair), כורס" (armchair), כסא וח (deck chair). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | karosszék (armchair, arm-chair, elbow chair). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sedia imbottita, poltrona (armchair, arm-chair, fauteuil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 安楽椅子 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | あ"らくいす. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | caair hoccoil. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | easyay airchay poltrona (armchair, arm-chair, elbow-chair, place, seat). (various references) fotoliu (armchair, arm-chair, lounge). (various references) мягкое кресло. (various references) sunnag (an easy-chair of twisted straw, easy chair of twisted straw). (various references) ležaljka (deck chair). (various references) sillón (armchair, arm-chair, chair, close-stool, dais, divan, elbow chair, tabouret), silla fácil, poltrona. (various references) fåtölj (armchair, armcheer). (various references) rahat koltuk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cathedra, cathedram, cathedras, cathedris. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-h-i-r-s-y" | |
-1 letter: archaise. | |
-2 letters: cahiers, cashier, hearsay, hyraces. | |
-3 letters: achier, arches, arecas, ashier, caesar, cahier, caries, cerias, chairs, chaise, charas, chares, chaser, creasy, ericas, eschar, hayers, rachis, rayahs, riches, scarey, search. | |
-4 letters: acari, aches, acres, aecia, areas, areca, areic, arias, arise, ayahs, cares, carse, ceria, chair, chare, chars, chary, chase, chays, chias, cires, crash, cries, erica. | |
-5 letters: aahs. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-h-i-r-s-y" | |
+3 letters: hypercapnias, seraphically. | |
+4 letters: parasynthetic. | |
+5 letters: hypercalcemias, hypercatalexis, hyperparasitic, polysaccharide. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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