recliner chair

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable

   A comfortable armchair whose back and footrest can be moved backward into a resting position.

   Grammar: A countable noun phrase: a recliner chair, two recliner chairs.

   Patterns

   • sit in a recliner chair
   • a leather recliner chair
   • adjust a recliner chair

   He fell asleep in his new recliner chair while watching TV.

   The living room has two recliner chairs and a small sofa.

   She pressed the lever and the recliner chair slowly tilted back.

2. 2nouncountable

   A seat on an aircraft or in a theater whose back can be tilted backward.

   Grammar: Also countable; often shortened to 'recliner' in this sense.

   Patterns

   • put your seat in the recliner chair position
   • a recliner chair on a plane

   Please return your recliner chair to the upright position for landing.

   The theater installed new recliner chairs with extra legroom.

Word forms

Common combinations

leather recliner chair

They bought a brown leather recliner chair for the study.

sit in a recliner chair

Grandpa likes to sit in his recliner chair after lunch.

power recliner chair

A power recliner chair moves with the push of a button.

recliner chair position

The flight attendant asked us to put our seats in the recliner chair position.

Synonyms and how they differ

recliner

The short, very common form; it usually means the same chair, especially in American English.

armchair

A general comfortable chair with side supports; it may or may not lean back.

lounger

Often refers to outdoor or poolside furniture, while a recliner chair is usually indoors.

Word family

recline verb

To lean or lie back.

reclined adjective

Leaned back, as in a reclined seat.

reclining adjective

Able to lean back, as in a reclining chair.

Commonly confused: recliner chair or rocking chair? recliner chair or recliner?

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