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ARMCHAIR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chair with a support on each side for arms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("armchair" is a kind of...):
chair (a seat for one person, with a support for the back)
Meronyms (parts of "armchair"):
arm (the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "armchair"):
captain's chair (a wooden armchair with a saddle seat and a low back that has vertical spindles)
easy chair; lounge chair; overstuffed chair (a comfortable upholstered armchair)
fauteuil (an upholstered armchair)
Morris chair (an armchair with an adjustable back)
lounger; recliner; reclining chair (an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it)
Context examples:
I seated myself in his armchair and warmed my hands before his crackling fire, for a sharp frost had set in, and the windows were thick with the ice crystals.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then he fell back into an armchair so limp and exhausted with his own emotions that we had to pour brandy down his throat to keep him from fainting.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“It’s getting on my nerves, this business, Mr. Holmes,” said he, as he sank, like a wearied man, into an armchair.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Irish-American had entered the study and stretched his long limbs from the armchair.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Try the settee,” said Holmes, relapsing into his armchair and putting his fingertips together, as was his custom when in judicial moods.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If the art of the detective began and ended in reasoning from an armchair, my brother would be the greatest criminal agent that ever lived.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He had been dressed and was seated in an armchair by the fire.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Holmes soothed him with a few words and thrust him into an armchair.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“I was also aware of that,” murmured Holmes, settling himself down in his armchair and closing his eyes.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He actually sat crying in an armchair, and I could hardly get him to speak coherently.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
