basket chair

noun

A chair in which the seat and back are made of wickerwork.

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Meanings

nounbasket chair (plural basket chairs)

plural basket chairs

  1. A chair in which the seat and back are made of wickerwork.

    Instead of answering, Professor Challenger entered, shook hands with myself and Lord John, bowed with ponderous insolence to Professor Summerlee, and sank back into a basket-chair, which creaked and swayed beneath his weight.

    1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
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APA

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MLA

“basket chair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basket%20chair. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “basket chair,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basket%20chair.

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