folding chair

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of folding chair¹

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

The San Francisco couple happily set up folding chairs and anchored a beach umbrella into place.

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We’re seated either on the grass on portable pads with backs or in folding chairs on an elevated platform.

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One sunny afternoon in August, Charles Lewis, a retired store clerk, sat in a folding chair under a solitary shade tree and watched a steady stream of cars and trucks rush past him on Century.

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Therrien is famous for his large-scale sculptures — towering stacks of vertigo-inducing dishes, giant beards, enormous folding chairs and oversized pots and pans in humongous cupboards — but each piece is a “trap door,” says Schad.

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Hundreds of people waited, sitting on black metal folding chairs or standing in groups, hoping for an email or phone call telling them they’d received a tentative offer.

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