platform rocker
- noun
- /ˈplætˌfɔrm ˈrɑkər/
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mecedora de plataforma
- She chose the platform rocker for its smooth rocking motion and stylish design.
Examples
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After a long day, he enjoyed sitting in the platform rocker on his porch, watching the sunset.
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The platform rocker gently swayed as he relaxed with a book in hand.
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She keeps a pile of magazines on the floor beside the new platform rocker that was supposed to be mine after we moved in together.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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1.5
A chair that moves back and forth on curved legs
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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
How Mobile
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is a straightforward compound: 'platform' (a raised base) modifies 'rocker' (a rocking chair), so the meaning— a rocker that sits on or uses a platform base—is directly derivable from the parts. Both constituents are concrete and the compositional pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words should understand the term.
Etymology
Platform rocker The noun platform rocker comes from the simple image of a rocker, a rocking chair, set on a flat platform so only the chair rocks while the base stays still. So today platform rocker means 'a rocking chair mounted on a fixed platform', which lets it 'rock smoothly without the floor moving'.