ROCKING CHAIR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A chair mounted on rockers

Synonyms:

rocker; rocking chair

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("rocking chair" is a kind of...):

chair (a seat for one person, with a support for the back)

Meronyms (parts of "rocking chair"):

rocker (a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro)

round; rung; stave (a crosspiece between the legs of a chair)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rocking chair"):

Boston rocker (a rocking chair that has a high spindle back and a decorative top panel)

platform rocker (rocking chair on a stationary base)

shoofly (a child's rocking chair with the seat built between two flat sides that are shaped to resemble an animal (such as a swan or duck))