bath chair
UK/bɑːθ t͡ʃɛə/
bath chair noun: a chair that can be used in a bath (bathtub), coming in different sizes for babies and adults. Also the alternative form of Bath chair.
Noun (1)
bath chair (plural bath chairs)
- A chair that can be used in a bath (bathtub), coming in different sizes for babies and adults.
Noun (2) capitalized: Bath chair
Bath chair (plural Bath chairs)
- An early form of wheelchair with three wheels, used to transport ladies or invalids, common in Victorian England.
- He was an invalid, keeping his bed half the time, and the other half hobbling round the house with a stick or being pushed about the grounds by the gardener in a Bath chair.1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez, Norton, published 2005, page 1096
Also used as
bath chair is also the alternative form of Bath chair.
Forms of bath chair
| plural | bath chairs |
|---|---|
| plural | Bath chairs |
| alternative form | bathchair |
| alternative form | bath chair |
Origin of bath chair
Named from Bath, the home of its inventor, James Heath.
Questions about bath chair
- What does bath chair mean?
- Bath chair means a chair that can be used in a bath (bathtub), coming in different sizes for babies and adults.
- What part of speech is bath chair?
- Bath chair is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bath chair?
- Bath chair is pronounced /bɑːθ t͡ʃɛə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bath chair?
- The plural of bath chair is bath chairs.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bath chair (page history and authors); Bath chair (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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