high chair

American  

[hahy chair] / ˈhaɪ ˌtʃɛər /

Or highchair

noun

1. a tall chair having arms and very long legs and usually a removable tray for food, for use by a very young child during meals.

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Etymology

Origin of high chair

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

When it is a hostage’s birthday, some families commemorate the day in the square, where a symbolic high chair and birthday cake are set up for Kfir Bibas, who would have turned 1 in captivity.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2024

Come mealtime, meanwhile, no maitre d’ turns up their nose at procuring a high chair, even at fine dining establishments.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2023

In another, he scrutinizes Epic, his 2-year-old daughter with artist Liz Glynn, as she sits in a high chair — green peas dotting her bowl and the floor.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2022

A week later, she parked in front of Kohl's to return the high chair, the clothes still on tiny hangers and the stroller her mom gave her.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2022

The frame contained a picture of a woman in profile, her head bent toward a little girl who sat in a high chair with a smudge of baby food on the side of her mouth.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd