beach chair
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1.9
- noun
- /biːtʃ tʃɛr/
:
silla de playa
- After swimming in the ocean, they relaxed in their beach chairs and soaked up the sun.
- sat in a beach chair
- beach chairs and umbrella
- lounging in a beach chair
Examples
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Hauling the beach chairs out of the car, we set them up on the bluff.
Blog text (1) -
"I was on that very beach chair just a few minutes ago," Janet said.
Fiction book (1993) -
Grandma Rose sits in her beach chair.
Fiction book (2002) -
Outside, Lucille flipped open a beach chair and sat down.
Fiction book (1993) -
Residents are encouraged to bring beach chairs, blankets, and umbrellas.
Blog text (7) -
My mother's neighbors—Jewish widows in various states of decrepitude—sat in beach chairs around the communal pool.
Fiction book (1998) -
On a sunny day, we set up our beach chairs on the sand to enjoy the view.
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She packed two beach chairs and an umbrella for their trip to the coast.
Synonyms
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1.9
A light folding seat for sitting outside on grass
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1.0
A chair that can be made flat so you can carry or store it easily
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1.6
A folding outdoor chair with a wooden frame and a cloth seat used for sitting in the sun
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1.6
A small folding chair you use outdoors, for example when camping
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Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'beach' (shore) + 'chair' (a seat): a chair intended for use on the beach. This literal, product-type compound is cross-linguistically common and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Beach chair: The noun beach chair comes from the simple picture of a chair you take to the beach to sit on the sand. Because these seats were made to fold and be easy to carry to the shore, beach chair now means 'a chair you use outdoors, especially at the beach'.