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highchair

highchair

4 1.0
A chair with long legs and a tray for feeding a young child
  • noun
  • /ˈhaɪˌtʃɛr/
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  • She placed the baby in the highchair and secured the tray before giving him his food.
  • highchair tray
  • a wooden highchair
  • a baby in a highchair

Examples

  • So we get seated, and the baby decides that he is not going in the highchair.

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  • Lucky for me, I found these awesome crayon catcher things that hook onto the highchair so they won't fall or get lost.

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  • Does he sit in a highchair too?

  • We sit in the same kind of highchair

  • Sit them in a highchair, feed them with a spoon.

  • The scene switched to a picture of a chubby, laughing baby girl in a highchair.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • His red highchair is still in the basement, and his crib is in the attic, brought out when our children needed them.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Henry's highchair was put away two days ago and we haven't looked back.

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  • Tomorrow is Kids-Eat-For-Free Day, so don't forget to clean the highchairs, all right?

  • In the kitchen, Mama was singing carols while Tommy banged a spoon on his highchair tray.

    Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

feeding chair
vshighchair
  • UK
2.2

A tall chair with a tray for a baby or young child to sit at mealtime

is the broader seat for young children, often with a fixed tray

How High

highchair
4 1.0
stool
95 1.0

Surface Forms

highchair singular
highchairs plural

Morphology

highchair = high + chair (transparent) = high + chair

The compound denotes a chair that is elevated (high), typically used for feeding a child, so the meaning is directly inferable from 'high' + 'chair'.

Etymology

Highchair is a simple English word made from high ('tall' or 'up') and chair ('seat'), so it means a tall seat for a child. That's why a highchair lifts a young child up to the table for feeding.