rocking chair
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1.5
- noun
- /ˈrɑkɪŋ tʃɛr/
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- She sat in the rocking chair, gently swaying back and forth as she knitted.
- sits in a rocking chair
My mom and I were just talking last night about trying to find a cool rocking chair.
- My mom and I were just talking last night about trying to find a cool rocking chair.
- This number once I hit X, then I'm going to build a workshop in my garage and make artisanal rocking chairs or whatever the hell.
- And I remember my mom and I living with my great aunts and, you know, wanting something as simple as they were all in rocking chairs.
- So I want to be wiser on the porch, on my rocking chair.
- And it is sitting on the porch in Tennessee with my husband in a rocking chair and spending quality time.
- If you want to have some feeling, you want to sit right there in a damn rocking chair with your broken heart, this one will do it.
- And I think a rocking chair is a great option for you or for perhaps your blind child who likes to have that kind of stem.
Examples
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Mary Ann sat in the rocking chair in one corner of the cabin's main room.
Fiction book (1990) -
I am sitting on a rocking chair on the porch of her house.
Fiction book (1992) -
That old man right there in the rocking chair
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There she is, in the rocking chair.
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Sitting in a rocking chair, reading the funny papers!
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When I got home, I sat down in the rocking chair in the living room.
Fiction book (1990) -
Both men are sitting in rocking chairs in front of a fireplace.
Fiction book (1994) -
Then she walked to the rocking chair and plopped down into it.
Fiction book (1991) -
That's the very rocking chair where I used to sit with Lee on my lap.
Fiction book (1992) -
Finally, handing a cup to Hadley, she settled into the rocking chair across from the chair where Hadley sat.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
18
2.5
A chair that moves back and forth on curved legs
A wooden rocking chair with a high back made of thin wooden bars and a decorative top piece
A chair that sits on a fixed platform and moves gently back and forth without sliding across the floor
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Morphology
The meaning 'a chair that rocks back and forth' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'rocking' (moving rhythmically back and forth) with 'chair' (a seat). This simple adjective + noun descriptive composition is cross-linguistically common and follows regular English compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand it.
Etymology
Rocking chair names a chair that lets you rock: it stands on curved pieces under the legs so someone sitting moves slowly back and forth. That gentle image explains the meaning, so it is 'a chair that moves to soothe or relax'.