Definitions for armchair

armchair arm·chair

Spelling: [ahrm-chair]
IPA: /ˈɑrmˌtʃɛər/

Armchair is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 159 anagrams from letters in armchair (aachimrr).

Definitions for armchair

noun

  1. a chair with sidepieces or arms to support a person's forearms or elbows.

adjective

  1. theorizing without the benefit of practical experience:
  2. participating or experiencing indirectly or vicariously:

Origin of armchair

First recorded in 1625-35; arm1 + chair

Examples for armchair

I exclaimed, flinging myself into an armchair, "what does this man want now with me?"

Georges had passed the night on an armchair in the drawing room.

Later, she was obliged to content herself with going from her armchair to her bed.

armchair sleuths have been competing for years to determine the identity of one of the most notorious serial killers.

As a result, Akerman said CrowdMed may appeal to the more neurotic of us who wish to be “armchair physicians.”

Wearied, he deposited himself sulkily in an armchair by the hearth.

“I love Christmas,” he begins in the film, smiling in an armchair.

The New York Post called it a “head fake,” and armchair physicians smelled a conspiracy.

Raoul Walsh saw him effortlessly carrying an armchair above his head and was captivated.

The armchair excepted, she received him as she would have received the King.

Word Value for armchair
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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