Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rest or support for the back.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a support that you can lean against while sitting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the back piece of a
chair , used to support the sitter'sback
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a support that you can lean against while sitting
Etymologies
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Examples
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The sun chair, its beams rising from the backrest, is a Rosenthal design, using borrowed and universal symbols, and it has been copied and interpreted so much that it has become part of the landscape.
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The sun chair, its beams rising from the backrest, is a Rosenthal design, using borrowed and universal symbols, and it has been copied and interpreted so much that it has become part of the landscape.
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The sun chair, its beams rising from the backrest, is a Rosenthal design, using borrowed and universal symbols, and it has been copied and interpreted so much that it has become part of the landscape.
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Its backrest is cantilevered and gets locked in place when you lay your weight on it.
FAZED Bubba 2008
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Its backrest is cantilevered and gets locked in place when you lay your weight on it.
FAZED 2008
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Vertically centered in the backrest is a column of detailed carvings depicting animals, birds, flowers, hearts, and other designs based in Chinese folk art.
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Warrl curled behind her as a kind of backrest, which made the room look much less crowded.
Oathbreaker Lackey, Mercedes 1989
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A major benefit is that the actuator is integrated into the lower backrest, meaning in the event of a rear impact collision, it is activated by the passenger's pelvis.
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A major benefit is that the actuator is integrated into the lower backrest, meaning in the event of a rear impact collision, it is activated by the passenger's pelvis.
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A major benefit is that the actuator is integrated into the lower backrest, meaning in the event of a rear impact collision, it is activated by the passenger's pelvis.
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