highchair

Thân thiện

A baby eats mashed bananas from a tray while sitting in a highchair.

Definition

Noun: A specialized chair designed for feeding a very young child or infant. It is characterized by having four long legs to raise the child to table height, a footrest for support, and a detachable tray that attaches to the front of the chair.

Usage

The word "highchair" is used to refer to the specific piece of furniture. It is typically used in contexts involving childcare, mealtimes, and parenting. - We need to buy a highchair before the baby starts eating solid foods. - The restaurant provided a highchair for our toddler. - Please clean the tray of the highchair after lunch.

Advanced Usage

• "to be in a highchair": To be seated in a highchair, typically describing a young child's state during a meal.
  • The one-year-old is happily eating while in her highchair.

Variants and Related Words

• High chair: An alternative, two-word spelling for the same item.
• Booster seat: A related item that elevates a young child at a table but typically attaches to a regular dining chair and may not have a full tray.
• Feeding chair: A less common synonym.

Synonyms

• Infant feeding chair
• Baby chair (though this is a more general term that could also refer to other types of baby seats)

Học thuật

Noun

1. a chair for feeding a very young child; has four long legs and a footrest and a detachable tray

Từ đồng nghĩa

• feeding chair