deck chair

noun

A folding chair in which a wooden frame supports a length of canvas; traditionally used on the beach or onboard a liner.

Similar
beach chair
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Meanings

noundeck chair (plural deck chairs)

plural deck chairs · alternative deck-chair · alternative deckchair

  1. A folding chair in which a wooden frame supports a length of canvas; traditionally used on the beach or onboard a liner.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna folding chair for use outdoors; a wooden frame supports a length of canvas

Similar
beach chair
Broader
folding chair
Also see
beach chair

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan gandula
  • gandulaa folding chair with a wooden frame
Chinese Mandarin 躺椅
  • 躺椅 (tǎngyǐ)a folding chair with a wooden frame
Czech skládací židle, skládací lehátko
  • skládací židlea folding chair with a wooden frame
  • skládací lehátkoa folding chair with a wooden frame
  • lehátkoa folding chair with a wooden frame
Danish liggestol, dækstol
  • liggestola folding chair with a wooden frame
  • dækstola folding chair with a wooden frame
Finnish rantatuoli, kansituoli
  • rantatuolia folding chair with a wooden frame
  • kansituolia folding chair with a wooden frame
French transat, chilienne
  • transata folding chair with a wooden frame
  • chiliennea folding chair with a wooden frame
German Deckstuhl, Liegestuhl
  • Deckstuhla folding chair with a wooden frame
  • Liegestuhla folding chair with a wooden frame
Hebrew כִּסֵּא נוֹחַ, כורסת שיזוף
  • כִּסֵּא נוֹחַ (kissé nóaẖ)a folding chair with a wooden frame
  • כורסת שיזוף (kursát shizúf)a folding chair with a wooden frame
Hungarian nyugágy
  • nyugágya folding chair with a wooden frame
Icelandic þilfarsstóll, kjaftastóll
  • þilfarsstólla folding chair with a wooden frame
  • kjaftastólla folding chair with a wooden frame
Irish cathaoir deice
  • cathaoir deicea folding chair with a wooden frame
Italian sdraio, sedia a sdraio
  • sdraioa folding chair with a wooden frame
  • sedia a sdraioa folding chair with a wooden frame
  • spiagginaa folding chair with a wooden frame
Japanese デッキチェア
  • デッキチェア (dekki chea)a folding chair with a wooden frame
Norwegian Bokmål liggestol
  • liggestola folding chair with a wooden frame
Polish leżak
  • leżaka folding chair with a wooden frame
Portuguese cadeira de praia
  • cadeira de praiaa folding chair with a wooden frame
Romanian șezlong
  • șezlonga folding chair with a wooden frame
Russian шезло́нг
  • шезло́нг (šezlóng)a folding chair with a wooden frame
Slovak ležadlo
  • ležadloa folding chair with a wooden frame
Spanish tumbona, reposera
  • tumbonaa folding chair with a wooden frame
  • reposeraa folding chair with a wooden frame
  • perezosoa folding chair with a wooden frame
  • perezosaa folding chair with a wooden frame
Swedish däcksstol
  • däcksstola folding chair with a wooden frame
Cite this entry
APA

deck chair. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deck%20chair

MLA

“deck chair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deck%20chair. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deck chair,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deck%20chair.

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