folding chair

American  

noun

1. a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.

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Etymology

Origin of folding chair

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

So as soon as she pulled away to meet a cosmetology client, he planted a white plastic folding chair in the middle of the empty spot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Once it was over and most had left the school’s low-slung football stadium, Berkeley’s chancellor, Carol Christ, sat near the podium in a folding chair.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2024

He can always be found at Pimlico sitting in a folding chair waiting for people to come by and say hello.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2024

On a December afternoon, one of those guards wearing a neon vest sat in a folding chair outside a gated storage yard leased to Nowait that was stacked with wooden pallets.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2024

But when he’s on a folding chair across from your school, sucking on a Slurpee and talking to himself, he’s kind of annoying.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman