ladder-back chair
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6.0
- noun
- /ˈlædər bæk tʃɛr/
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silla de respaldo escalonado
- Edith took her by the hand and led her to a ladder-back chair with a needlepoint cushion on the seat.
- antique ladder-back chair
- two ladder-back chairs
Examples
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Oblivious of my elevated position on the ladder-back chair, I remain standing on it, guessing that we will be marched out to a wagon and taken to our destination.
Fiction book (1990) -
In a moment, he was safely ensconced on a ladder-back chair, no paring knives within reach.
Fiction book (2001) -
There is a ladder-back chair near the door.
Fiction book (2001) -
"An ill one, I'd say," Wilson sat down on a ladder-back chair.
Fiction book (1990) -
I sat again on the wood ladder-back chair, already regretting throwing the beer.
Fiction book (1990) -
My two younger brothers grow restive and pull at me to climb up on a ladder-back chair.
Fiction book (1990) -
Lena sits in a ladder-back chair by the stove.
Fiction book (1998) -
He settled me in a sturdy ladder-back chair and then pressed me forward into currents of bright air; a place without breath or sound.
Fiction book (1994) -
There is a ladder-back chair near the door.
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Jose and Paul combined the worn table with antique ladder-back chairs and an old bench.
Synonyms
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1.0
A seat for one person with a back and legs
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7.8
A chair with a back made of horizontal slats like a ladder
How Comfortable
Surface Forms
Morphology
ladder-back + chair
The compound 'ladder-back' is transparently built from 'ladder' (a structure with rungs) + 'back' (the backrest), so a B1 learner who knows those words can infer a chair whose back resembles a ladder with horizontal slats. This is a straightforward descriptive noun compound following common compounding patterns, making the overall meaning easily derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Ladder-back chair is named after the look of its back. The back has thin horizontal bars that look like the steps of a ladder, so the name means 'a chair with a back like a ladder'.