recliner
Other forms: recliners
Have you ever sat in a chair that's designed to tip comfortably back, so you can lounge with your feet out on an attached footrest? It's called a recliner.
A recliner is a cozy chair that you could also call a lounger. Many people have recliners in their TV rooms or dens, for especially comfy viewing. The trick of a recliner is right there in its name, recline, or "lie back in a relaxed position," from the Latin reclinare, "to bend or lean back." Recliners have been around since the 1800s, the most famous being the La-Z-Boy recliner, which was patented in 1928.
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an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in itsynonyms: lounger, reclining chairtype of:armchairchair with a support on each side for arms
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