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beanbag

beanbag

5 1.8
A soft chair or cushion filled with small beads that fits your body
  • noun
  • /ˈbiːnˌbæɡ/
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  • After a long day, I love to relax in my soft beanbag chair while reading.
  • beanbag chair

Another idea is a beanbag, or I was thinking a gaming chair.

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Examples

  • Most classrooms have couches, beanbag chairs, rugs, carpeted areas, and pillows for the children.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Then this side is the living room, where I sit on beanbag chairs and also want to plug in my Nintendo Switch and my Xbox.

  • This place could really use a beanbag chair and some comic books.

  • Many people fell in love with beanbags since they are so versatile.

    Blog text (14)
  • Enid sits in her beanbag chair.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Holly wriggles out of the beanbag chair.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • When items were needed for classroom use, citizens contributed beanbag chairs, lamps, and so forth.

    Academic text (2003)
  • For over thirty years, beanbags have continued to be one of the most loved pieces of furniture.

    Blog text (14)
  • Austin and Vanessa sit on beanbag chairs.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • She will sit on the couch or the little beanbag chair in there and watch Seinfeld for hours.

Synonyms

cushion
vsbeanbag
80 1.0

A soft bag filled with feathers or foam used to make a seat more comfortable

is filled with small beads that mold to the user's shape
seat cushion
vsbeanbag
2 1.3

A soft pad that you put on a seat to make sitting more comfortable

is shaped by small beads to mold closely to the sitter's body
inflatable cushion
vsbeanbag
3.2

A soft pad that you fill with air to sit on

is filled with small beads so it collapses and molds to the body

How Comfortable

recliner
18 3.1
armchair
42 1.0
beanbag
5 1.8
cushion
80 1.0
stool
95 1.0

Surface Forms

beanbag singular
beanbags plural

Morphology

beanbag = bean + bag (transparent) = bean + bag

Although modern beanbag chairs often use beads instead of literal beans, the concept 'bag filled like a beanbag' remains transparent.

Etymology

The word beanbag for the soft chair comes from the same idea: it is a large bag filled with small pieces like 'beans' or pellets that mould to your shape, so it is soft and comfortable to sit in.