The following is a partial list of chair types, with internal or external cross-references about most of the chairs. Barrel chair, c. 1465, Raversijde, Belgium An example of Elijah's chair, used at Jewish circumcisions A reproduction Glastonbury chair in the Bishop's Palace, Wells High chair by Cosco, 1957 "Pop" (2005), A whimsical variation of a patio chair by the American industrial designer Brad AscalonThe American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. arm part of a chair that you rest your arm on when you are sitting in itarmchair a large comfortable chair with parts for you to rest your arms on. It is often part of a set of chairs called a suite that also includes a sofa (=a long chair for two or three people).armrest the part of a seat on which you rest your armback the part of a chair that you lean on when you are sitting on itbackrest the part of a piece of furniture that supports your backchair a piece of furniture for one person to sit on
, with a back, legs, and sometimes two armschaise American a chaise longuechaise longue a chair with an arm on only one side and a long seat on which you can sit with your legs stretched outchesterfield a large sofa, often covered with leathercommode a seat with a container below it, used as a toiletcouch a long low comfortable seat that two or three people can sit ondavenport American a large and comfortable sofa (=long chair for two or three people), especially one that can be made into a beddivan a long comfortable seat with no back or arms for two or more peopleeasy chair a large comfortable chairheadrest the top part of a chair or car seat that you lean your head againsthigh chair a tall chair that very young children sit in to eathowdah Indian English a large seat on an elephant’s back, usually one with a cloth rooflitter a seat or bed made from cloth with long poles, in which an important person or dead body was carried in the pastloveseat a small comfortable seat for two peopleottoman a large seat shaped like a box, with a space below for storing thingspew a long wooden seat in a churchrocker one of the curved pieces on the bottom of a rocking chair that allow the chair to move backwards and forwardsrocker American a
rocking chairrocking chair a chair that has two curved pieces under it, so that when someone sits on it they can move it backwards and forwardsseat something you can sit onseat the part of a chair that you sit onseating the seats in a public place such as a cinema or on a bus, train etcseating the way in which seats are arranged or who will sit in them, especially at a formal occasionseat pitch the distance between the front edge of a seat and the front edge of the seat in front, for example on a planesedan chair a covered seat on two long poles that was used in the past for carrying an important person aroundsettee British a long soft comfortable chair for two or three peoplesettle a long wooden chair for two or three people that usually has a container under the seat for keeping things insofa a large, soft, comfortable seat with arms and a back that two or three people can sit onstool a seat that has legs but no support for your back or armsswivel chair a chair, especially in an office, with a seat that can turn around in a circle without you having to move the legsthree-piece suite a set of two chairs and a sofa that match each otherthrone a special chair that a king or queen sits ontray table
a small table that folds down from the back of the seat in front of you in a plane or traintwo-seater a vehicle or piece of furniture with seats for only two peopleupholstery cloth or leather that is used for covering chairs and sofaswindow seat a seat under a window in a housewing chair a comfortable chair with a high back that has pieces pointing forward at the top corners See all 4 reviews good puzzles would buy again For an elderly man The subscription helps him deal with all the time he has on his hands. And a new issue is always coming in. If you hate running out of the last puzzle, knowing that you'll have to visit the store for another book , this is for you. It is somehow magical that, just when I think this will happen, the post contains a new book. Go ahead and order----you won't regret it!PDF files to download and print: • worksheet set• word games• tests and quizzes There are ten different worksheets designed to learn and practise English vocabulary connected with the theme Furniture.
Browse the list below, choose the activity that interests you and print your worksheet. Our printables are in pdf format. You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print these resources. Choose from five different types of worksheets designed to learn and practise English vocabulary related to the theme Furniture. Below you can view worksheet images, learn handy details about each of them, then download and print the resources you are interested in. There are ten vocabulary words that appear in our printable Furniture word games: . Not all word games have all of these words. Mostly, there are nine vocabulary words in each worksheet, except our flashcards that cover all the vocabulary for the unit. In the regular crossword we use definitions as clues. You can find the definitions for each word on the following pages: wordlist and picture dictionary.cards are a fun way to build language skills. You can use them for introducing and practising vocabulary, and they are great to play word games.
Also, kids can collect them to make their own picture dictionaries. Tips on how to use, plus classroom games ideas Flashcards make learning fun. They are a great tool for presenting, practising and revising new vocabulary. Also, you can use them to play different word games such as memory, matching or guessing games. For beginners and young kids. Great for practising and revising new vocabulary. In this activity, kids use the picture clues to figure out the words that go in the crossword. In this activity, students use the verbal clues to figure out the crossword. Great for older kids to practise new vocabulary and build reading skills. This activity, suitable for beginners, is a fun way to practise vocabulary and spelling skills. There are nine hidden words, and they go accross and down only. Tips on how to use, plus classroom games ideasUnlike office furnishings, which tend to adhere to basic ergonomic or body-friendly principles, home décor can be surprisingly bad for your musculoskeletal health.
The result is various strains, aches and pains that no amount of yoga and Pilates can undo. “When people decorate their homes, it’s all about what looks good, fits in the space, matching colors, with no thought to how it will impact their body,” said Margo Fraser, a kinesiologist and ergonomics consultant in Calgary, Alberta. “And then they mistakenly attribute their pain and discomfort to getting older or an exercise injury, when it’s really their furniture.”Buying furniture — specifically sofas and chairs, with which you are going to have extended bodily contact — should be like buying shoes. You can have your showpieces that are collectible, sculptural or fashionable, just like that pair of Manolo Blahniks. But to truly relax, what you need is seating that fits you as well as a pair of running shoes, with the right amount of support and cushion.Finding what is best for your body, however, can be a challenge, given the way home furnishings are made and marketed today.
As a culture, we have come to equate comfort with a big, squishy seating experience in which you are swaddled, if not swallowed, in plush.“I call it the sit-and-sink style, which over time is going to cause you real problems,” said Alan Hedge, a professor in the department of design and environmental analysis at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.Regardless of your age, health or flexibility, he said, sinking into a cushy sofa or chair pulls down on your spine and pelvis, causing strain. And this is exacerbated by the effort required to get in and out of the pillowy abyss. While you may not feel it immediately, day-in and day-out, it can prove injurious.Apart from the Scandinavian companies Ekornes and Fjords, few manufacturers make truly ergonomic, supportive home seating. If you’re not into the no-nonsense Nordic look, though, there are other options. You can find spine-friendly furniture in a range of styles, if you keep a few fundamental rules in mind.First, you want firm. “Not hard like a wooden bench,” said John Dunnigan, the head of the department of furniture design at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence.
“But firm cushioning that will support you over a range of compression,” because your body will have various contact points that exert more or less downward pressure. Mr. Dunnigan recommended looking for furniture with a foam-density rating (a measurement indicating the amount of weight the foam can support over a cubic foot) of at least 2.4, or hand-tied coil springs, which can be found in some antiques and higher-end furniture. Examples include seating from the Federal or midcentury periods, when styles were more tailored, slim and firm. You can find similarly supportive contemporary looks from manufacturers like Natuzzi, R. Jones and Poltrona Frau. In addition to firm, you want furniture that holds you in an upright position, vertically aligning your ears over your shoulders over your hips, said Dr. David Rempel, a professor of medicine and bioengineering at the University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley.“Resting your back against the back support, you should be able to rest your feet flat on the floor,” he said, with your knees at a 90- to 110-degree angle to your hips.
Moreover, there should be some space between the edge of the seat and the back of your knee, so you don’t have pressure on the veins and arteries there. Of course, the right height and depth vary from person to person, because we are all different statures and girths, so you need to try furniture in the showroom (sit for at least 20 minutes, experts suggest) or else be prepared to pay the charges to send it back if you choose to order online.“A lot of chairs and sofas I see put you in the same terrible position you are in fancy sports cars, where you’re cocked back, sitting low to the ground, with your legs out in front of you,” said Laurie Johnson, a physical therapist in Houston who frequently finds that her patients’ furniture causes or aggravates their musculoskeletal issues. “That pulls on your hamstring and sciatic nerve, and transfers all that tension to your back.” certainly sell some furniture that will put you in that awkward pose, but they are also among the few retailers that have some options that won’t.
They offer custom-made pieces, too. You might also have good luck shopping at stores that sell office furniture. Often, couches and lounge chairs made for corporate environments by manufacturers like Knoll and Herman Miller are both attractive and ergonomically sound.Another piece of advice from ergonomic and physiology experts: Choose and arrange your furniture according to what you will be using it for most often.If you like to binge-watch television, a supportive chair that reclines to take pressure off your back and neck or a firm sofa that allows full extension of your body in a reclining position might be the ticket, provided you put the television where you don’t have to turn or crane your neck up or down to see it.Avid readers would do well to choose upright chairs that support the lower back, as well as some surface — even just a large pillow — on which to rest their books. Otherwise, you will stress your arms and put strain on your neck and shoulders looking down at the page.
Knitters, on the other hand, might want a firm chair with armrests that support their elbows so they don’t have to slouch or shrug their shoulders while knitting.If your living space will be where friends gather for lively or intimate conversation, then consider chairs that pivot or arrange the furniture in a circle so guests don’t have to twist around to face each other. “The spine is a series of bones stacked up on each other like a column of blocks,” said Dr. Hedge of Cornell. “So if you twist, what you’re doing is twisting position of bone relative to other bone and asking for back pain and disc problems.”Twisting and craning also happen when people use mobile devices, torquing the spine to use a laptop beside them on the couch or curving the neck downward while texting on a mobile phone. “When you focus your eyes on your device, your body is going to follow, often into an unhealthy position,” said Mark Goetz, a furniture designer in Brooklyn who designed the supportive Goetz sofa for Herman Miller.