ladder-back
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7.8
- noun
- /ˈlædər bæk/
:
silla de respaldo escalonado
- Lena sits in a ladder-back chair by the stove.
- ladder-back chair
- antique ladder-back
- pine ladder-back
Examples
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In a moment, he was safely ensconced on a ladder-back chair, no paring knives within reach.
Fiction book (2001) -
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) -
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) -
Edith took her by the hand and led her to a ladder-back chair with a needlepoint cushion on the seat.
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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
1
6.0
A wooden chair with a back made of several flat horizontal pieces
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Morphology
Etymology
Ladder-back comes from the parts ladder and back, because the chair's back has horizontal bars 'like a ladder'. So a ladder-back is a chair with a back that looks like a small ladder.