Definition of rocking chair
: a chair mounted on rockers
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Multipurpose furniture never seems to go out of style: Just last week, a hammock-rocking chair prototype went viral, and a sofa-blanket hybrid made the rounds on the Internet earlier this year.
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Evan Rachel Wood relived a Nashville performance and hung out in a rocking chair.
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There’s a fiberglass Eames rocking chair (c. 1948-50) and a Panton heart cone chair (1959) by Danish designer Verner Panton (1926-1998), alongside the color wheels developed for their manufacture.
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Her hat boxes, candelabra, rocking chair and rugs maintain the sect’s spare style but have been stripped of all utility, retooling a functional craft tradition for a realm of pure aesthetics.
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Landewe and Anna also take care of B&B guests, who stay in one of two rustic (read: no TVs) rooms with full size beds and rocking chairs, the ideal setting to take in the spectacular views and ponder days gone by.
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In today’s world, this intolerance for artificiality makes Harvin something of a cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
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The music brings the words to life through text-painting: a rocking chair is translated into undulating triplets, a passing streetcar into rhythmically clanging chords, and so on, creating a vivid backdrop for the singer.
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Quant pictured reading the Daily Mirror newspaper in a rocking chair at home in London, 1967.
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First Known Use of rocking chair
1766
ROCKING CHAIR Defined for English Language Learners
rocking chair
Definition of rocking chair for English Language Learners
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: a chair that moves back and forth on rockers that are attached to its legs
ROCKING CHAIR Defined for Kids
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Definition of rocking chair for Students
: a chair mounted on rockers
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