"chairback" meaning in English

See chairback in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: chairbacks [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back English chairback From chair + back. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|chair|back<id:rear>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? 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  1. The rear part of a chair that supports the sitter's back.

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Podson said nothing to that, but he undressed to examine his shirt and collar, and assure himself that they were still in presentable condition. He hung his coat over a chair-back and folded the crease in his pants for pressure under his mattress.",
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          "ref": "1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 15:",
          "text": "Nevertheless, the first thing I did after assuring myself that there were indeed no malicious persons or things lurking under the bed or elsewhere was to slip a chair-back under the door handle.",
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          "ref": "1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 176:",
          "text": "Hair-brushes were arranged carefully on wither side of a clean comb, and a pair of recently pressed trousers lay over a chair-back.",
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          "ref": "2008 April 10, The Associated Press, “St. John’s to Renovate Arena”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "A new playing surface, a renovated seating bowl with 800 chairback seats, and enhanced ticketing and lobby areas are among the changes expected for the 2008-9 season.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The rear part of a chair that supports the sitter's back."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chair",
          "chair"
        ],
        [
          "sitter",
          "sitter"
        ],
        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chairback"
}

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