ARMCHAIR

armchair

(noun) chair with a support on each side for arms

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

armchair (plural armchairs)

A chair with supports for the arms or elbows.

Hypernyms

• chair

• furniture

Meronyms

• arm

Coordinate terms

• couch

• sofa

Adjective

armchair (not comparable)

(figuratively) Remote from actual involvement, including a person retired from previously active involvement.

(figuratively) Unqualified or uninformed but yet giving advice, especially on technical issues, such as law, architecture, medicine, military theory, or sports.

Verb

armchair (third-person singular simple present armchairs, present participle armchairing, simple past and past participle armchaired)

To create based on theory or general knowledge rather than data.

To theorize based on analysis of data that was gathered previously; to reflect.

Source: Wiktionary


Arm"chair`, n.

Definition: A chair with arms to support the elbows or forearms. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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