Definition of Highchair

1. Noun. A chair for feeding a very young child; has four long legs and a footrest and a detachable tray.

Exact synonyms: Feeding Chair
Generic synonyms: Chair
Terms within: Round, Rung, Stave

Definition of Highchair

1. Noun. An elevated, or high, chair, often including a built-in tray, used for feeding babies and toddlers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Highchair

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Highchair

highboard
highborn
highboy
highboys
highbred
highbrow
highbrowed
highbrowism
highbrowisms
highbrowness
highbrows
highbush
highbush blueberries
highbush blueberry
highbush cranberry
highchair (current term)
highchairs
highcut
highed
highen
higher
higher(a)
higher-order function
higher-order functions
higher-ranking
higher-resolution
higher-risk
higher-up
higher-ups
higher being

Literary usage of Highchair

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Asking Questions: 10 Years of Architectural Design at the Gerrit Rietveld by Gert Staal (2004)
"The movements and the size ratio of mother and child determined the measurements of the tabletop. Children's highchair. final ..."

2. The Art of Antiquity: Piet de Jong and the Athenian Agora by John K. Papadopoulos, Piet De Jong (2007)
"As the red-figure representations established, the stand was used as a child's highchair. It was particularly useful for a child who could not yet walk, ..."

3. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-, Abbatt, William, 1851-1935, Martha Joanna Lamb, Stevens, John Austin, 1827-1910, John Austin Stevens (1888)
"“ One morning the tiny maiden was lifted into her highchair at the breakfast table in bad humor, and resting her chubby arms on the festive board covered ..."

4. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1866)
"... but by the time he had finished his bread and milk he grew very quiet, and his mamma found him nodding in his highchair. She knew he was very tired, ..."

5. In a Family Way by Rochelle Hollander Schwab (1995)
"... draw a village full of streets for their miniature cars and sang a song in time to Susan's beating of a wooden spoon on her highchair tray. She sighed. ..."

6. Eternally Yours: Time in Design by Ed van Hinte (2004)
"... wooden 'Children's highchair' from the Droog collection, the feet of which can be shortened with a saw at the rate of the child's ..."

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