armchair
part of speech
noun (an armchair, armchairs); adjective (armchair — before a noun)
meaning for a pupil
1) An armchair is a comfortable chair with side parts to rest your arms on. tree →
2) (informal, before a noun) Armchair describes someone who talks about or follows something without doing it themselves: an armchair fan, an armchair traveller, an armchair expert. tree →
sense in the lessons
Used in describing homes and stories («Grandpa dozed in his armchair»), and in everyday talk about people who only watch or talk.
examples
- Grandpa fell asleep in his armchair. tree →
- The cat curled up on the armchair. tree →
- We bought a big red armchair for the living room. tree →
- He's an armchair football fan who never plays. tree →
- She is an armchair traveller who loves reading about far-off places. tree →
- Armchair experts on TV always know what the coach should have done. tree →
- They were together in the armchair by this time, and Wendy plied him with more questions. tree →
note
Compound: arm + chair. «Armchair» as an adjective is often a little mocking: an «armchair critic» judges without real experience.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «armchair» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.