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| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Chair left outside for use on a lawn or in a garden.[Wordnet]. | |
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Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Noun | chair. Consider also: chairman, chairperson, chairwoman, bench, president, throne, professorship. | |
Expression | garden chair. | |
| Source: Eve, based on meta analysis. | Top | |
Computed Synonyms: lawn chair
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| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Bohemian | zahradní lehátko (lawn chair). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, lawn chair. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | zahradní lehátko (lawn chair). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, lawn chair. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | zahradní lehátko (lawn chair). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, lawn chair. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | der Klappstuhl (folding chair, lawn chair), der Gartenstuhl (lawn chair). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, lawn chair. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | der Klappstuhl (folding chair, lawn chair), der Gartenstuhl (lawn chair). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, lawn chair. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | der Klappstuhl (folding chair, lawn chair), der Gartenstuhl (lawn chair). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, lawn chair. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | der Klappstuhl (folding chair, lawn chair), der Gartenstuhl (lawn chair). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, lawn chair. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | sedia a sdraio (chaise longue, deck chair, deck-chair, lawn chair). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, lawn chair. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | lanzadera (shuttle, launcher, earth-to-orbit shuttle, hoop, launch program). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, lawn chair. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Year | Description |
| 1991 | Invention patented by Chuen-Jong Tseng on May 31th, 1991. Abstract: A predetermined portion of the frame of a lawn chair is provided with at least one elongated dovetail-like groove. A flexible decorative strip is press fitted into and retained within the dovetail-like groove. |
| 1992 | Invention patented by Chun-Chu Tseng on September 1st, 1992. Abstract: A lawn chair includes a main frame assembly, a pillow frame, a pillowcase, a rear leg frame, a seat frame assembly, two elongated adjustment members and two positioning rods. The main frame assembly includes a backrest frame, a front leg frame and a curved first supporting rod mounted pivotally on the backrest frame at two ends thereof. The pillow frame is attached to an upper end portion of the backrest frame and is covered by the pillowcase. The rear leg frame is connected pivotally to an upper end portion of the front leg frame. The seat frame assembly includes two parallel straight rods connected pivotally to an intermediate portion of the rear leg frame at rear end portions thereof, and a curved second supporting rod mounted pivotally on front end portions of the straight rods at two ends thereof. Each of the elongated adjustment members has a front end portion connected pivotally to an intermediate portion of the front leg frame and formed with a longitudinal slot which has a row of L-shaped positioning portions. Each of the two positioning rods is secured to the seat frame assembly at one end thereof and extends through a selected one of the L-shaped positioning portions of the longitudinal slot at the other end. |
| 1993 | Invention patented by Chun-Chu Tseng on September 16th, 1993. Abstract: A foldable lawn chair includes a seat frame, a backrest frame connected pivotally to a rear end of the seat frame, and two arm support frames at two sides of the seat frame. Each of the arm support frames has an armrest portion provided with a positioning member that has a longitudinal slot, front and rear ends, upper and lower peripheries extending between the front and rear ends, a row of positioning notches along the upper periphery, and an access hole integrally formed with the longitudinal slot. A slide plate is sleeved slidably on the positioning member and has a longitudinal slot and a through-hole that is formed integrally with and that is communicated with the longitudinal slot thereof. When the slide plate slides together with a positioning stud of the backrest frame along the positioning member, the positioning notches in the positioning member are respectively covered by the slide plate and are exposed through the through-hole of the slide plate. |
| Source: compiled by the editor. | |