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high chair

or high·chair

[ hahy chair ]

noun

  1. a tall chair having arms and very long legs and usually a removable tray for food, for use by a very young child during meals.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of high chair1

First recorded in 1840–50

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Example Sentences

At home, I changed her diaper and slotted her into her high chair.

My search was fruitless, and after a while I gave it up and came back to find Mr. Wilde squatting on his high chair by the table.

Mrs. Gillis had cleared a side table where Davy, in his high chair, could jot down the items that he would use in his talk.

"I never saw Landy so interested," said Mrs. Gillis, as she placed Davy's high chair at the table.

Sir John was holding on to the back of his high chair in rather a constrained way—almost as if he were suffering pain.

He had a vision of a high chair, and a child installed therein with the customary bib and spoon.

Presently his eyes lit upon Betty, seated stern and upright in her high chair.

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