Types of Chairs! In this article, we will show you a list of common types of chairs that you can see in your everyday life. Learn those words to help you broaden your English vocabulary.
Table of Contents
Types of Chairs
List of Chair Styles
- Cuddler chair
- Sofa
- Tulip chair
- Stool
- Ball chair
- Rocking chair
- Armchair
- Egg chair
- Waiting chair
- Wheelchair
- Desk chair (office chair)
- Ladderback chair
- Lounger
- Chaise lounge
- Ottoman
- Cantilever chair
- Adirondack chair
- Baby chair
- Side chair
- Folding chair
- Deckchair
- Bowl chair
- Pushchair
- Recliner
- Bench
- High chair
- Dental chair
- Hammock chair
Chair Styles with Examples
Learn types of chair with example sentences.
- Cuddler chair
A cuddler chair is designed with extra-large dimensions; use it to ‘cuddle’ up with another person or stretch out by yourself.
- Sofa
My four-year-old daughter was asleep on the sofa.
- Tulip chair
- Stool
He sat on the stool, swinging his legs.
- Ball chair
The balance ball chair is an effective alternative to a traditional office chair by providing an outlet to sit both intently and comfortably.
- Rocking chair
Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere.
- Armchair
He heaved himself out of his armchair.
- Egg chair
The egg chair is designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1959 for the Radisson SAS hotel in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Waiting chair
A waiting chair is a type of seat.
- Wheelchair
She has been able to cast aside her wheelchair.
- Desk chair (office chair)
The boy was spinning around in his father’s desk chair.
- Ladderback chair
A ladderback chair, also ladder-back chair, slat back chair or fiddle back although that name is used less now due to the creation of the fiddle back chair.
- Lounger
She found Colin asleep on a rattan lounger on the veranda of his cottage in Holetown.
- Chaise lounge
What could happen to a beautiful girl sleeping in the chaise lounge on the sunny beach?
- Ottoman
He pushed the ottoman over and I put my feet up.
- Cantilever chair
A cantilever chair is a chair whose seating and framework are not supported by the typical arrangement of 4 legs, but instead is held erect and aloft by a single leg or legs that are attached to one end of a chair’s seat and bent in an L shape, thus also serving as the chair’s supporting base.
- Adirondack chair
Adirondack chairs have a distinct look, with wide arms and a backward sloping seat that sits close to the ground.
- Baby chair
Henry gurgles happily in his baby chair.
- Side chair
Dining room: dining table, armchair, side chair, buffet with mirror, wine cabinet etc.
- Folding chair
A wide circle of folding chairs dominated the room.
- Deckchair
My father was asleep in a deckchair in the front garden when I got back.
- Bowl chair
64 years after its design, the bowl chair gets produced by Italian company Arper in three new colourways.
- Pushchair
It bounced along above the pushchair, flashing gold, red and silver in the sunshine.
- Recliner
I flung myself into his chair, the big recliner.
- Bench
They stopped and sat on a park bench.
- High chair
he child sat in the high chair that was kept for them.
- Dental chair
Then I could arrange a loan for what I owe him and slide on to the reclining dental chair.
