deck chair

noun

: a folding chair often having an adjustable leg rest

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In a summery music video that arrived alongside the song, the guys lounge by the pool in deck chairs, do canon balls into the water and show off some of their signature choreography in a grassy area with a picnic table nearby. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 2 May 2025 Jordan must then recline there for hours, like a sunbather in a deck chair, trying to project the feeling that a whole hillside is crushing him. Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 This one plays with puckering on both ends, along with a creamsicle color palette that’s ideal for setting on deck chairs and chaises surrounding the pool. Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 26 Mar. 2025 Without his glasses, Bear even mistakes Giraffe, lazing in a long, almost fully reclined deck chair, for a snake. Barney Saltzberg, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deck chair

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of deck chair was in 1884

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“Deck chair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deck%20chair. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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