high chair

American  

[hahy chair] / ˈhaɪ ˌtʃɛər /

Or highchair

noun

high chairs plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• high chairs
  plural

Etymology

Origin of high chair

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

She described him as "sitting relaxed in a high chair with one arm on the table and his foot on a bench... just staring".

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

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

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 Nolans were together only at the supper hour when even Laurie sat up to the table in her high chair.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith