highchair

British

/ ˈhaɪˌtʃɛə /

noun

a long-legged chair for a child, esp one with a table-like tray used at meal times

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In another, a highchair leans against the wall as he slams them home.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2025

The full sensory experience of eating food is also important, she added — getting messy, using spoons, fingers and tiny fists to squish food and smear on a highchair and face.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024

“I make a bottle,” Catherine said as she held toy milk up to a doll in a white highchair.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2023

In a highchair next to her, Maryanna's daughter, Bry'anna, spiraled sideways and backward, her arms outstretched, flying.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2022

The highchair they kept in the back was often needed.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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