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

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high chair

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

The next day, Black Friday, they bought a high chair, a tummy time mat and pink onesies.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2022

Hot dogs surely rate among the most highly nostalgic foods as well, with the ones delivered to your high chair or relished in the high school bleachers forming lifelong preferences.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2022

The tables were jammed together, and to be seated, the waitress employed a kind of magic, pulling one table out and then wedging you in, like a child in a high chair.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates