swivel chair
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈswɪvəl tʃɛr/
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- Solomon toggled his mic off, sighed, and settled deeper into his swivel chair as Betty launched into her melancholy tale.
- a leather swivel chair
- a swivel chair behind the desk
- a padded swivel chair
I recently ordered the cutest boucle swivel chair from article.
- I recently ordered the cutest boucle swivel chair from article.
- I'm in my fancy dweller swivel chair today.
Examples
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Smith sat back in his leather swivel chair and pondered the conversation.
Fiction book (1990) -
I recently ordered the cutest boucle swivel chair from article.
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Do you have a big swivel chair with a huge desk between you and your patient?
Academic text (2010) -
"What can I do for you?" he asked, leaning back in his swivel chair.
Fiction book (1998) -
A large orange cat lay sleeping on the padded swivel chair behind the desk.
Fiction book (1990) -
In his office, he sat on a wooden swivel chair at his old-fashioned brown wooden desk.
Fiction book (1995) -
I leaned back in my swivel chair, my arms dangling like they were made of lead.
Fiction book (1995) -
Delia settled in her swivel chair, rolled paper into the carriage, and started typing.
Fiction book (1995) -
I leaned back in Bill's swivel chair, trying to sort through this maze of inconclusive information.
Fiction book (1995) -
After a long meeting, I relaxed in my comfortable swivel chair and turned it to face the window.
Synonyms
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1.0
A seat for one person with a back and legs
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a chair that can turn' is directly derivable from combining 'swivel' (to turn/rotate) with 'chair' (a seat); the modifier transparently denotes a chair that swivels. This compositional noun-modifier pattern is regular in English and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the expression.
Etymology
The noun swivel chair comes from the verb swivel, which means 'to turn' or 'spin', because the seat turns around a fixed point on its base. Imagine sitting and turning to reach a drawer without getting up — that's why it means a chair whose seat can turn easily.