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bar chair

bar chair noun: a tall chair-like seat usually having a foot rest, commonly placed in bars and in front of kitchen counters.

bar chair: a tall chair-like seat usually having a foot rest, commonly placed in bars and in front of kitchen...
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Noun

bar chair (plural bar chairs)

  1. A tall chair-like seat usually having a foot rest, commonly placed in bars and in front of kitchen counters.
    • Past the bar was a little area in an alcove that contained a few tall, round tables and bar chairs.2004, Kathy Love, Wanting What You Get, New York: Zebra Books, published by Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, (eBook)
    • He ordered a Corona, stretched and groaned as he lowered himself into a too small bar chair.2005, Buff Brazy Given, Simon’s Story: A Novel, [sine loco]: Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 161
    Synonyms:
    bar stool

Examples of bar chair in a sentence

  • Bar chairs were heavy with high backs that prevented many a drunk’s reverse gainer.2005, R. J. Grubb, Mordray’s Whale, New York/Lincoln/Shanghai: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 130:
  • The door was guarded by a retired cop named Frankie the Golfer, who sat by the door in an upholstered bar chair that he leaned back against the wall.2013, John Dufresne, No Regrets, Coyote, New York/London: W.W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, (eBook):

Synonyms of bar chair

Forms of bar chair

pluralbar chairs
alternative formbarchair

Questions about bar chair

What does bar chair mean?
Bar chair means a tall chair-like seat usually having a foot rest, commonly placed in bars and in front of kitchen counters.
How do you use bar chair in a sentence?
Bar chairs were heavy with high backs that prevented many a drunk’s reverse gainer.
What part of speech is bar chair?
Bar chair is a noun.
What is the plural of bar chair?
The plural of bar chair is bar chairs.

Words near bar chair in the dictionary

  1. bar bike
  2. bar bikes
  3. bar billiards
  4. bar car
  5. bar cars
  6. bar chair
  7. bar chairs
  8. bar chart
  9. bar charts
  10. bar clam
  11. bar clams

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