Meanings
plural Adirondack chairs
- CanadaUSA kind of outdoor lounge chair made of wood, with wide arm rests.First known use 20th c.
Nurse Graves […] wheeled him out onto the veranda, where he was lifted into an Adirondack chair and positioned so that he was facing the sun—or, rather, the spot in the firmament the sun might have occupied if it hadn't gone south for the winter.
1993, TC Boyle, The Road to Wellville, Penguin, published 1994, page 104Synonyms: Cape Cod chair, Laurentian chair, Muskoka chair
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA kind of outdoor lounge chair made of wood, with wide arm rests.
Origin
After the Adirondacks, a mountain chain in New York State.
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Adirondack chair. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Adirondack%20chair
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