high-backed
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- adjective
- /haɪ bækd/
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de respaldo alto
- When I told Mother about the decision, she was sitting in her favourite high-backed chair drinking tea one Sunday afternoon.
- high-backed chair
Examples
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I hadn't heard her move, but she was seated again in the high-backed wing chair, regarding me gravely.
Fiction book (1992) -
Slowly she moves along the side wall, past a number of high-backed booths.
Fiction book (1993) -
Next to that is a high backed chair used exclusively for honoured guests.
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Across the room, she saw her mother sitting on a high-backed wooden bench.
Fiction book (2001) -
The president worked his way around to the opposite end of the table and sat in his high-backed leather chair.
Fiction book (2000) -
Her mother and Virginia were still sitting on the high-backed bench, deep in conversation, as she approached them.
Fiction book (2001) -
Dad was in a high-backed chair with pillows behind his neck.
Fiction book (1994) -
The seven high-backed chairs circling the table were set about four feet apart.
Fiction book (1995) -
Suddenly weakened by a bout of fatigue, Betty sank into the high-backed chair and let the mail drop in her lap.
Fiction book (1993) -
Clemmy sat down in a high-backed chair at the old kitchen table.
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Morphology
Etymology
High-backed comes from the simple parts high 'tall' and back 'rear or support'. It is used for a chair whose back is much higher than normal, so think of a 'tall back' that gives extra support and comfort.