Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A very young child's feeding chair that has long legs, a footrest, and a usually detachable tray.
Wiktionary
- n. An elevated, or high, chair, often including a built-in tray, used for feeding babies and toddlers.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a chair designed for feeding a very young child, having four long legs and a footrest and a detachable tray, which rests in front of the child, holds the food, and also serves as a restraint, to keep the child from falling out of the chair.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a chair for feeding a very young child; has four long legs and a footrest and a detachable tray
Examples
“Although you can't remember it, you've probably seen photos of your first birthday party: you in a highchair, wearing a cone hat strapped around your chin, seated behind a frosted cake inscribed with your name and adorned with a waxy '1' candle.”
The Huffington Post: Tammy Tibbetts: A First Birthday Like None Other
“Give them a tub of frosting and plop them in the highchair.”
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“Sitting with René at the dining table in their quarters, Beverly divided her attention between her son in his highchair to her left, and the computer interface resting on the table itself.”
Simon & Schuster: Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony
“What I remember most was a passage where Seymour (think it was Seymour) said that the child he was taking care of, the highchair, the glass of milk, the milk itself were all God.”
j.d. salinger | 1919 – 2010 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
“He sleeps in a giant crib, plays Legos in a baby play area, gets fed with a bottle and is even creating his own gigantic highchair.”
“BUT the difference is, our kid was sitting in his highchair in the restaurant (in every instance) and when we tell him he can't have his way and we will leave if he continues the fit, WE ACTUALLY LEAVE.”
“While we waited for our food, my 2 year old decided she needed to sit at a table inside (we had our dog with us), in a highchair (she hates highchairs) and play with the silverware.”
“Just then the irises lob off of his eyes, and Baby Teak levitates out of his highchair.”
“Hanging out at a nearby park/marina, I noticed two sets of parents with their infants - one was using an anti-bacterial wipe to sterilize a restaurant highchair, the other was feeding their child (overhearing this part) ultra-organic, home-prepared, "pure" baby food.”
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