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ROCKING CHAIR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chair mounted on rockers
Synonyms:
rocker; rocking chair
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rocking chair" is a kind of...):
chair (a seat for one person, with a support for the back)
Meronyms (parts of "rocking chair"):
rocker (a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro)
round; rung; stave (a crosspiece between the legs of a chair)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rocking chair"):
Boston rocker (a rocking chair that has a high spindle back and a decorative top panel)
platform rocker (rocking chair on a stationary base)
shoofly (a child's rocking chair with the seat built between two flat sides that are shaped to resemble an animal (such as a swan or duck))
