armchair
pronunciation
How to pronounce armchair in British English:
UK [ˈɑːmtʃeə(r)]
How to pronounce armchair in American English:
US [ˈɑːrmtʃer]
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- Noun:
- chair with a support on each side for arms
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- Adjective:
- remote from actual involvement
Word Origin
- armchair (n.)
- also arm-chair, 1630s, from arm (n.1) + chair; adjective sense in reference to "criticism of matters in which the critic takes no active part" is from 1886. Another old name for it was elbow-chair (1650s).
Example
- 1. The dog likes to sit in the big armchair .
- 2. Iskos - berlin have designed the snoopy armchair and sofa for danish manufacturer versus .
- 3. Armchair generals will tell you that china would lose in a straight fight .
- 4. He was helped painstakingly into an armchair and he raised his hand in a familiar wave as the applause and whoops continued .
- 5. But kenichi watanabe , the chief executive of nomura who waits patiently for his guests in a regal armchair , is a man apart .