deck chair

noun

: a folding chair often having an adjustable leg rest

Illustration of deck chair

Examples of deck chair in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Four people, likely the dog's owner and their friends, were filmed laying out on deck chairs in front of the paddling pool, enjoying the show. —Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025

Although a lot is going on in this manicure — handpainted sea critters, seashell textures and deck chair stripes — nail artist Sky D’Abbraccio keeps it feeling easy-breezy with the refined white and blue color palette. —Mica Ricketts, Refinery29, 4 Aug. 2025

Otherwise their collective tinkering around on the edges with cost cuts here and inventory changes there amount to little more than rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, the bank implied. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 July 2025

Aggressive passengers began arguing over space, deck chairs, and food. —Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for deck chair

• abwehr
• affair
• affaire
• airfare
• altair
• armchair
• aware
• beware
• bugbear
• carfare
• childcare
• compare